The Mercer County Narcotics Task Force concluded a month-long investigation this week with three arrests, and the seizure of $48,900 in heroin, four guns and cash, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri reported.
According to Prosecutor Onofri, on Tuesday morning, task force officers initiated a motor vehicle stop of the investigation’s target, Imier Green, in the area of Market and Cooper streets.
Officials say Green was detained and detectives recovered $145 on his person. Officers then executed search warrants at two residences in Trenton utilized by Green. At his home in the 200 block of Bellevue Avenue, detectives located a .38 special Taurus revolver loaded with hollow-point bullets, 242 bricks of heroin, four bundles of heroin, two digital scales, $6,175 in cash and a Mossberg 500A shotgun.
Police arrested a 17-year-old male at the location.
A search of a property in the 300 block of Reservoir Street revealed a loaded Smith and Wesson .32 caliber revolver, a loaded FN Hersal .32 caliber handgun, and more heroin. The occupant of the residence, Loraraine Green, was arrested.
According to authorities, seized heroin has an approximate street value of $48,900.
Police charged Imier Green, 24, with numerous narcotic and weapons offenses.
The prosecutor’s office has filed a motion to detain him. The juvenile was charged with numerous narcotic and weapons offenses and lodged at the Middlesex County Youth Detention Center.
Officials charged Lorraine Green, 54, with numerous narcotic and weapons offenses, and released pending future court appearances.
Despite having been charged, every defendant is presumed innocent until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.