By: Najla Alexander
Authorities in Mercer County announced that a two-month investigation into cocaine distribution in Ewing Township culminated this week with one arrest and the seizure of $269,800 in narcotics, four handguns, and an assault weapon.
Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri reported that Terrance Young, 34, of Ewing, was arrested on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, as a result of the investigation conducted by the members of the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force, with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office, and the Ewing, Hamilton, and Trenton police.
After executing a search warrant at Young’s Perry Drive residence and detaining him without incident, detectives executed a search warrant at a public storage facility on Quaker Bridge Road in Hamilton Township, officials stated.
Authorities say inside Young’s unit, detectives located approximately 790 grams of powder cocaine, 110 grams of raw heroin, 50 bricks of heroin packaged for sale, 50 grams of fentanyl, and narcotics paraphernalia, including a hydraulic press, a digital scale, and packaging materials.
During the investigation, officials say, a second storage unit being utilized by Young was identified.
Detectives obtained additional warrants and conducted a search of a unit on Parkside Avenue in Ewing, officials say.
Officials said that is where they discovered approximately 1,200 grams of heroin, 400 grams of powder cocaine, 50 grams of methamphetamine, 50 grams of fentanyl, 28 ecstasy pills, four handguns, an assault weapon, six high-capacity magazines, a hydraulic press, and drug packaging materials, officials said.
According to officials, Young was charged with 38 narcotics and weapons offenses of various degrees lodged in the Mercer County Correction Center.
The prosecutor’s office has filed a motion to detain him pending trial.
According to Prosecutor Onofri, the combined street value of the confiscated narcotics is approximately $269,800.