450 Lbs. Of Illegal Pot At NJ Storefront Seized By State Police

EVESHAM, NJ - Two South Jersey residents were arrested earlier this month after police discovered 450 pounds of unregulated marijuana, marijuana variants and edibles out of a South Jersey storefront, authorities said.

Matthew Quinn, 45, and Crystal Cain, 30, both of Cookstown, were charged on Nov. 8 with distribution of over 25 pounds of marijuana, fortifying a controlled dangerous substance and related offenses following a New Jersey State Police and Evesham police execution of search warrants, Evesham police said in a statement.

The warrants were executed at the store on the 900 block of South Route 73 in Evesham, as well as a home on the 100 block of Cookstown New Egypt Road in Cookstown, police added. Cain and Quinn were both arrested at their residence and are currently lodged in Burlington County Jail pending a hearing.

“The Evesham Township Police Department recognizes the state’s new laws governing the use and sale of recreational marijuana,” the department said.

“This case involves a blatant disregard of these new laws and ignores the safety of the citizens of New Jersey by the suspects distributing unregulated marijuana to our residents. We will continue to vigorously enforce the laws which govern the sale, use and distribution of unregulated marijuana while honoring the same laws afforded to our residents for recreational use and legal sale of marijuana.”