Crime & Safety
Alleged Drug Dealer Caught With $300K In Vehicle Charged With Money Laundering
Gerald Flores, 46, of Bronx, was being investigated for narcotics distribution when police found the money, authorities said.
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — An alleged drug dealer from Bronx, New York was arrested and charged with money laundering after authorities found more than $300,000 hidden inside his vehicle, said Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal.
Gerald Flores, 46, was arrested as part of an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, Grewal said.
Prosecutor's Office detectives received information in April that Flores was involved in the distribution of narcotics throughout the east coast, Gerwal said.
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Police stopped Flores while he was driving in Hackensack and found more than $300,000 in a hidden compartment inside the vehicle, Grewal said.
Flores was charged with transporting or possessing property believed to be derived from criminal activity in an amount greater than $75,000 and less than $500,000, a second-degree crime, the prosecutor said.
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Flores was released on a summons pending a first appearance in Bergen County Central Judicial Processing Court June 28, Grewal said.
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Photo: Gerald Flores, 46 — Courtesy of Bergen County Prosecutor's Office
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