Atlantic City Man Held On Heroin Charge After Brick Stop: Police

BRICK, NJ — An Atlantic City man is facing heroin distribution charges after a motor vehicle stop early Friday morning, Brick Township police said.

Bilal Freeman, 26, of Atlantic City, was arrested about 12:30 a.m. Friday, Brick Capt. Keith Reinhard said.

Officer Scott Mesmer saw a suspicious vehicle near the Wawa on Drum Point Road and investigated, ultimately pulling the vehicle over in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven on Chambers Bridge Road for failure to maintain its lane, Reinhard said.

After speaking to Freeman and his passenger and getting different answers on where they were going and where they were coming from, Mesmer called in other officers to assist. Officers Joseph Riccio and Cody Oliverio, and K-9 Officer Scott Smith and K-9 Echo responded, Reinhard said.

Smith and Echo performed a narcotics sniff of the outside of the vehicle and Echo alerted for the presence of narcotics inside.

A search turned up 1,308 wax folds of suspected heroin, and in total there were 27 bricks of heroin, he said.

Freeman has been charged with possession of heroin, distribution of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia, and was issued two motor vehicle summonses for failing to maintain a lane and possession of CDS in a vehicle, Reinhard said. Freeman was being held at the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing.

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