2 Arrested in Drug Bust Behind Howard Johnson Hotel in Gloucester Township: Police

Gloucester Township, NJ -- Two people were arrested and quantities of heroin, cocaine and marijuana were seized during enhanced bike patrols on the Gloucester Township Health and Fitness Trail located behind the Howard Johnson Hotel on the Black Horse Pike early Thursday morning, police said.

Dominic Roach, 35, of Camden, was charged with second-degree distribution CDS (Heroin, Cocaine), second-degree distribution CDS within 500 feet of a public park, possession CDS (Marijuana) and possession CDS paraphernalia.

Tonya Henson, 37, of Sicklerville, was charged with second-degree distribution CDS (Heroin, Cocaine), second-degree distribution CDS within 500 feet of a public park, possession CDS (Marijuana) and possession CDS paraphernalia.

Police say they recovered 285 bags of heroin, two vials of marijuana, 20 small vials of cocaine (rock), 15 small vials of cocaine (powder), $940, and drug paraphernalia during a search of the car Roach and Henson were using.

Gloucester Township Police were on patrol around 12:37 a.m. when they saw a dark colored Toyota Corolla parked in the Howard Johnson parking lot pulled into a spot near a wooded area, with people inside.

They then saw Henson repeatedly walking back and forth between the car and the rooms, knocking on doors and talking to the people who answered.The car then moved to another area of the parking lot, and the routine repeated itself, police said.

The officers then decided to investigate to see if the people in the car needed help. However, as they approached the car and spoke with Roach, police say they smelled raw marijuana coming from inside the passenger compartment.

This is when they decided to search the car and discovered the drugs.