Some $198K Worth Of Marijuana Found In Car Seized In Middlesex County, Police Say

New Jersey State Police detectives arrested a Pennsylvania man who they say was transporting 33 pounds of hydroponic marijuana worth about $198,000.

Police said the investigation began in Woodbridge, when they spotted David Cederberg, 28, of Philadelphia at a rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Cederberg was charged with possession of more than 25 pounds of marijuana with intent to distribute, and related possession charges, police said.

According to a news release from State Police:

Detectives were conducting a security detail at the Thomas Edison Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike in Woodbridge.

Around 1:30 p.m. Monday, they approached Cederberg, as he sat in his black Volkswagen GTI in that parking lot.

As they spoke with him, they smelled the odor of raw marijuana, so they impounded the car and applied for a search warrant. Cederberg was released at the time.

The warrant was approved and executed on Tuesday at Newark State Police Station on the Turnpike.

Police found two large bags of the “hydro” marijuana stored in the car, along with a personal amount of marijuana in the driver’s compartment.

On Tuesday, an arrest warrant was issued for Cederberg.

He turned himself in to troopers at the Newark station on Thursday. His bail was set at $250,000 cash-only and he was sent to the Middlesex County jail in North Brunswick.

Authorities also plan to seek forfeiture of his vehicle.

Photo courtesy NJ State Police; David Cederberg, 28, of Philadelphia was arrested this week by State Police