$250K In Drugs, Handguns Seized In Mercer County Bust: Prosecutor

MERCER COUNTY, NJ – After a two-month investigation in Ewing Township, authorities seized $269,800 in narcotics, four handguns and an assault weapon, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said Friday.

Terrance Young, 34, of Ewing, was arrested on Tuesday as a result of the investigation conducted by the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force, Onofri said. He was charged with 38 narcotics and weapons offenses of various degrees and is lodged at the Mercer County Correction Center.

After executing a search warrant at Young’s Perry Drive residence and detaining him without incident, detectives executed a search warrant at a public storage facility on Quaker Bridge Road in Hamilton.

Inside of Young’s unit, detectives found approximately 790 grams of powder cocaine, 110 grams of raw heroin, 50 bricks of heroin packaged for sale, 50 grams of fentanyl and narcotics paraphernalia, including a hydraulic press, a digital scale and packaging materials, Onofri said.

Investigators also found a second storage unit utilized by Young. During a search of a unit on Parkside Avenue in Ewing, authorities found around 1,200 grams of heroin, 400 grams of powder cocaine, 50 grams of methamphetamine, 50 grams of fentanyl, 28 ecstasy pills, four handguns, an assault weapon, six high-capacity magazines, a hydraulic press and drug packaging materials.

The prosecutor’s office has filed a motion to detain Young pending trial.

According to Onofri, the combined street value of the confiscated narcotics is around $269,800.

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