NEW JERSEY – Five unemployed single men from Queens face a litany of drug-related charges for allegedly distributing illegal bulk shipments of marijuana in parts of New Jersey and maintaining a storage facility in Jersey City where investigators executed a search warrant and recovered more than half a ton. of grass, prosecutors said Thursday.
Detectives from the Bergen County District Attorney’s Office Narcotics Task Force identified the five defendants, who all reside in Queens at separate addresses, at Fort Lee on Tuesday as part of an ongoing drug investigation , authorities said. They executed search warrants on four vehicles and two warehouses, one in Fort Lee and one in Jersey City.
In total, they found more than 50 pounds of THC-containing edibles and about 1,100 pounds of marijuana — the equivalent, roughly, of a concert grand piano or, say, four male giant pandas. according to the authorities.
The five men, aged 21 to 35, were remanded to Bergen County Jail pending a first court appearance in Hackensack. They are all charged with first degree possession with intent to distribute marijuana and hashish.
The investigation is ongoing.