Suspect was nabbed Friday at a Paramus mall
WAYNE -- A 33-year-old Bronx resident was arrested Friday at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus while he was in possession of several pounds of heroin, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said.
Daniel Cespedes was arrested shortly before 2 p.m. during a joint investigation by the sheriff's office and the state Attorney General's Gang-Organized Crime Bureau.
Undercover officers at the mall pulled over a white Honda Accord and observed the driver, Cespedes, behaving suspiciously, Berdnik said. Cespedes was also seen trying to hide an orange tool bag behind a front passenger seat.
After conducting a consent search, detectives found 13 pounds of raw heroin, an amount with an estimated street value of $500,000, Berdnik said.
Cespedes was charged with possession of heroin and possession with the intent to distribute. He was being held at the Bergen County Jail on $250,000 and no 10% option. The car was impounded pending forfeiture proceedings.
"I want to commend the detectives involved in this investigation," said Berdnik. "Today, as a result of this investigation, the equivalent of 300,000 glassines of heroin were taken off the streets of Northern New Jersey."
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