$500K In Cocaine Seized At Mercer County Motel, 4 Arrested

MERCER COUNTY, NJ —Four people were arrested and $500,000 worth of cocaine was seized following a month-long investigation in Mercer County, announced Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri.

A few weeks ago, the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force got a tip from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration(DEA) about cocaine distribution in the county.

The investigation led law enforcement officials to the Motel 6 in Lawrence Township on the night of March 21.

Detectives searched and found William Adrover Rodriguez, 38, of Galloway, Ohio inside a room on the first floor with around 5.1 kilograms of powder cocaine, according to Onofri.

The street value of the confiscated cocaine is around $500,000.

Rodriguez was taken into custody without incident. Three other people involved in the conspiracy to distribute cocaine were arrested nearby.

William Adrover Rodriguez, 38, of Galloway, Ohio, is charged with multiple first-degree narcotic offenses. Jamie Acevedo-Correa, 42, of Riogrande, Manuel Castro Velazquez, 46, of Trenton, and Elvin Perez-Medina, 34, of Puerto Rico, are each charged with second-degree conspiracy.

Members of the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force and the DEA Tactical Response Team executed the search warrant at the motel. The Ewing, Hamilton, Lawrence, and Trenton police departments and the FBI also helped with the investigation.

The prosecutor’s office is filing motions to detain all four men pending trial.

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