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Union City man charged with running drug lab out of high-rise condo building: authorities
Updated Feb 21, 2021;
Posted Feb 21, 2021
Authorities seized over 1,200 pills and tablets suspected to be CDS. A Union City man was arrested and charged on Friday.Courtesy of Union City Police Department
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Union City police, working with multiple law enforcement agencies, shut down a drug lab operating inside a luxury condo building Friday, the second major drug bust in the city this month, authorities said.
More than 1,200 pills and tablets suspected to be ecstasy/MDMA, methamphetamine, marijuana, “mushrooms,” “acid,” prescription medications, paraphernalia and $51,000 in cash was seized from a unit at the Altessa building, on 22nd Street between Kerrigan and Summit avenues, Union City spokeswoman Erin Knoedler said.
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Photo courtesy of the Union City Police Department.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Aided by the Newark Airport Border Enforcement Security Taskforce, Customs and Border Protection Agency (both a part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security), Hudson County Prosecutors Office, and the U.S. Postal Service, the UCPD conducted an investigation into a narcotics operation at 809 22nd St., officials said.
Officers from the Union City Quality of Life Unit, assisted by Homeland Security Investigations, recovered a quantity of narcotics from the 22nd Street address.
The recovery included over 1,200 pills and tablets suspected to be ecstasy/MDMA, methamphetamine, marijuana, mushrooms, acid, and prescription medications, along with various items that are indicative of the distribution of narcotics.