LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (PIX11) -- Officials seized half a million dollars worth of cocaine in a New Jersey motel in March, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri.
An investigation brought police to a Motel 6 in Lawrence Township on March 21, according to officials. Police found William Adrover Rodriguez, 48, of Ohio, inside a room on the first floor with around 5.1 kilograms of cocaine worth around $500,000.
Rodriguez is charged with several first-degree drug charges, according to officials.
Jamie Acevedo-Correa, 42, of Rio Grande, N.J., Manuel Castro
Velazquez, 46, of Trenton and Elvin Perez-Medina, 34, of Puerto Rico, were also arrested on conspiracy charges, the prosecutor said.
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