100 Pounds Of Pot, Heroin, $243K Found In Burlington County Raid

MOUNT HOLLY, NJ — Four Burlington County residents and a Pennsylvania man were charged after a police raid of an illegal marijuana dispensary uncovered more than 100 pounds of pot, heroin, cash, and more, authorities said.

Mathew Quinn, 44, and Crystal Cain, 30, of Madison Avenue in Mount Holly; Perry Brown, 55, of Morrisville, Pennsylvania; Nicole Colley, 31, of Dawn Drive in Mount Holly; and Marion Huff, 26, of Tollgate Place Apartments in Florence were all charged in connection, said Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.

Quinn and Cain owned Skraptyques, on State Route 38 in Lumberton Township, which is located in the same strip mall as a pizzeria, a children’s dance studio and other shops, according to authorities.

Customers who entered the business were met by an armed guard wearing a bulletproof vest, had their cell phones taken away, and underwent body scans via a hand-held metal detector before being buzzed into a secure backroom, according to authorities.

Customers made purchases from displays of marijuana, mushrooms, and edibles from the back room, said authorities.

The edibles were allegedly sold in "counterfeit packages that resembled popular food items such as Cheetos, Life Savers, Nerds, Skittles, as well as a Cocoa Pebbles Krispie Bar which featured a picture on the package of Fred Flintstone with redness in his eyes," according to the press release.

Raids of Skraptyques, the Madison Avenue home, a Mount Laurel self-storage facility and four cars yielded $243,000 in cash, more than 100 pounds of marijuana, 48 packets of heroin and more than a pound of psychedelic mushrooms, the press release stated.

"This operation was not an authorized cannabis dispensary such as those presently being approved by the State," Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said in the press release. "Rather, this was a brazen retail outlet operating as a convenience store for illegal marijuana, other [controlled dangerous substances] and edibles in packaging that would make them very attractive to young children when their customers brought them home,"

Quinn and Cain face charges of possession with intent to distribute marijuana in the first-degree, possession with intent to distribute psilocybin mushrooms in the second-degree, fortifying a controlled dangerous substance manufacturing/distribution facility in the third-degree and conspiracy to distribute a controlled dangerous substance in the second-degree.

Cain also faces charges of possession of heroin in the third-degree and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Brown, Colley, and Huff — who are all employees of Skraptyques, authorities said – were charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana in the first degree and conspiracy to distribute a controlled dangerous substance in the second degree.

Colley was also charged with the distribution of psilocybin mushrooms in the second degree, the press release also stated.

Brown, who provided security at Skraptyques and had a weapon on him at the time of his arrest, also faces charges of unlawful possession of a weapon in the second degree, possession of a firearm while committing a controlled dangerous substance crime in the second degree and possession of large-capacity magazines in the fourth degree, according to a press release.

All five of those arrested were released after appearing in Superior Court in Mount Holly, authorities said.

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