Molotov Cocktail, Modified Weapons Found In Camden Co. Man's Possession: Police

BARRINGTON, NJ — A Camden County man was arrested earlier this month after authorities say they found a Molotov cocktail and crack cocaine in his car.

The suspect, Ermir Myteberi, also stored illegally modified firearms in his Stratford home, officials said.

The investigation began when Barrington police stopped Myteberi's vehicle around 9:45 p.m. March 15 for equipment and traffic violations.

During the stop, a K-9 officer found five bags of suspected crack cocaine in the car, police said. The vehicle also contained a Molotov cocktail — an incendiary weapon — that had gasoline and an ignition fuse, according to law enforcement.

The Camden County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad secured the device.

Authorities later searched Myterberi's home and said they found a semi-automatic rifle that was modified into an illegal assault weapon, several high-capacity magazines, multiple silencers and two other guns.

Myterberi, 42, was charged with:

• possession of a destructive device
• unlawful possession of a weapon
• possession of a controlled dangerous substance
• possession of an assault firearm
• certain persons not to possess firearms
• possession of firearm silencers
• manufacturing firearm silencers
• possession of high-capacity magazines

He was placed in the Camden County Correctional Facility, where he will remain jailed pending the outcome of a pretrial detention hearing.

Myterberi was also charged with drug possession last July, according to online court records. The current status of the case wasn't immediately available.