Drug-Filled Deli In Jersey City Shut Down, 5 Arrested, Prosecutors Say

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — A deli in Jersey City has been ordered to close after detectives found cocaine, heroin, and cash "in various locations throughout the storefront," prosecutors said Wednesday.

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Gang Task Force has arrested five people over the last two weeks after an investigation, prosecutors said.

They said that on Wednesday, Feb. 5, the Gang Task Force, with assistance from Hudson County Regional SWAT, the Jersey City Police Department, and the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office, conducted a court-authorized search of Kaelyn Deli and Grocery at 156 Martin Luther
King Drive.

They found "various quantities of suspected cocaine, heroin, drug paraphernalia, and money in various locations throughout the storefront," they said.

Five people were charged with various narcotics offenses, including conspiracy and distribution, prosecutors said:

• Donte Carlisle, 32, of Jersey City
• Marc Jeune, 19, of Jersey City
• Elvin Borbon, 32, of Jersey City
• Rodney Chappel, 38, of Jersey City
• Aliquan Hatten, 38, of Jersey City

The Jersey City Department of Health and Human Services has ordered the store to cease operating and issued the store’s owner citations for violating health codes, prosecutors said.