$40K Worth Heroin, Cocaine Seized In Mercer County Drug Bust

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ — The Mercer County Narcotics Task Force seized $40,000 in drugs, $17,000 in cash and a handgun during an arrest Thursday, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said.

Frederick Hostick, 37, from Trenton was charged with numerous narcotic and weapons-related offenses.

According to the prosecutor, around 5:25 a.m. on Thursday members of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office, the Hamilton Police Division, the Trenton Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations, under the command of the prosecutor’s Special Investigations Unit, made a warrant search at an apartment at 113 Centre Street in Trenton.

Hostick, a target of the investigation, was found in the rear bedroom and detained, said the prosecutor's office.

During a subsequent search of the apartment officers found 76 bricks of heroin, 20 grams of crack cocaine, a loaded Glock .40 caliber handgun with an extended magazine, and $17,160 in cash, said authorities.

Onofri said that the seized heroin has approximate street value of $38,000 and the cocaine, around $2,000.

Hostickis lodged at the Mercer County Correction Center pending future court proceedings.

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