Warrant Leads To Hackettstown Heroin Bust: Police

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ - A 34-year old Hackettstown man was arrested was 20 wax folds of heroin on him on March 10, according to the Hackettstown Police Department.

Shortly after 9 p.m. a Hackettstown police officer Gregory Becker on the 100 block of Main Street, police said. The officer was aware that Becker was a wanted person out of the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office, police said.

Becker was arrested, and he had in his possession 20 wax folds of suspected heroin, multiple wax folds with suspected heroin residue and five hypodermic needles with suspected heroin residue. police said.

Becker was charged with possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia and then turned over to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, police said.

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