Authorities announce the arrest of two individuals for first-degree possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and second-degree possession of heroin with the intent to distribute.
During the summer of 2017, members of the Mount Olive Police Department Detective Bureau obtained information concerning an individual in Morris County distributing a large volume of heroin. Based on that information, a joint investigation was initiated by Mount Olive Police and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Special Enforcement Unit/Narcotics Task Force.
The investigation culminated Thursday when investigators seized approximately seven ounces of cocaine and 2,450 dosages (individual folds) of heroin. The estimated street value of the illegal drugs seized is in excess of $20,500.
The following two individuals were arrested as a result of this investigation:
· Jose Miguel Majia, 48, of Rockaway Township, was charged with one count of first-degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance (cocaine) with the Intent to Distribute, one count of second-degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance with the Intent to Distribute (heroin), one count of second-degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance with the Intent to Distribute (cocaine), two counts of third-degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance (cocaine), one count of third-degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance (heroin).
· Ines Maria Ribera-Rodiguez, 58, of Rockaway Township, was charged with one count of first-degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance (cocaine) with the Intent to Distribute, one count of second-degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance with the Intent to Distribute (heroin), one count of second-degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance with the Intent to Distribute (cocaine), two counts of third-degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance (cocaine), one count of third-degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance (heroin).
Pursuant to the recently-instituted bail reform, Majia and Ribera-Rodriquez were lodged in the Morris County Correctional Facility pending a first appearance.
This investigation was conducted under the direction of MCPO Captain Brian Keane, Commander of the Narcotics Task Force, and Detective Lieutenant Luis Sanchez of the Mount Olive Police Department.