ALPINE, N.J.—Palisades Interstate Parkway Police are reporting a recent drug bust that took an estimated $40,000 of heroin off the streets
According to Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Lt. Jock H. Watkins Jr., a motor vehicle stop on the afternoon of Dec. 15 on the parkway landed minivan passengers Gabriel Zurita-Bayron, 36, of Philadelphia, and Holly Anne Mead, 32, of Newburgh, N.Y., under arrest on drug charges.
Watkins said that Officer Matthew Levine stopped a Honda Odyssey minivan traveling in Alpine over a motor vehicle violation. A probable-cause search led Levine to allege that Zurita-Bayron, in the back seat, was in possession of approximately 4,000 wax folds of suspected heroin.
The estimated street value: $40,000, Watkins said in a press statement.
Mead, also a passenger, was found to be in possession of marijuana and arrested and charged with possession of marijuana under 50 grams.
Both suspects were arrested without incident.
Zurita-Bayron’s charges: Distribution of heroin 1st degree, possession of heroin 3rd degree, and possession of marijuana under 50 grams.
Watkins did not say in the statement what the driver’s moving violation might have been.
