Galloway Man Had 400 Bags Of Heroin In Atlantic City: Police

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — A Galloway man had 400 bags of heroin and more than 12 grams of marijuana with him Saturday in Atlantic City, police said. Authorities say they witnessed Adam Jones Jr. dealing drugs.

Officers found Jones, 21, loitering in the parking lot in the first south block of Florida Avenue. Residents and business owners have complained about drug use and distribution on the block, police said.

Jones continually engaged with people as they walked down the street, police said. Then officers say they watched him conduct a drug transaction with an unknown man. Police approached Jones as the other man walked away.

Once Jones saw the officers, he put a fanny pack in his car, police said. Police recovered the drugs in his pack, authorities said.

Jones was charged with two counts each of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession with intent to distribute, possession with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school zone, and singular counts of drug-paraphernalia possessions and loitering with intent to distribute narcotics. He was relased on a summons with a future court date.

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