Crime & Safety

Mercer Man Charged With Narcotics Offenses After Police Seize Drugs

Stanley Akers was charged after a monthslong investigation, Hamilton Police said.

Stanley Akers
Stanley Akers (Hamilton Police Division)

MERCER COUNTY, NJ — Following a months-long investigation, the Hamilton Police Division Anti-Crime Unit arrested and charged a resident for multiple narcotics offenses.

Stanley Akers was charged with Distribution of Narcotics (Heroin and Crack Cocaine), Distribution of Prescription Legend Drugs (Xanax and Suboxone) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was taken to the Mercer County Correctional Facility pending a detention hearing.

Officers from the Hamilton Police Division's Anti-Crime Unit along with their K-9 Team and the New Jersey State Police Crime Suppression Unit executed a search warrant. During the search authorities seized in excess of 750 bags of heroin, 600 Xanax pills, 8 grams of crack cocaine, and 25 suboxone films.

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The Hamilton Police Division urges anyone with information about this investigation to contact the Division's Anti-Crime Unit at 609-581-4102 or you may contact them anonymously through their tip line at 609-581-4008.

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