Two Atlantic County men were indicted on drug charges after an investigation that led to more than a pound of crystal methamphetamine and a loaded handgun, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.
Jason Cintron, 38, of Hammonton, was the target of a lengthy narcotics investigation initiated by the Liberty Mid-Atlantic HIDTA Task Force.
Search warrants were approved June 16, for Cintron’s home on Jamestown Boulevard, along with a Egg Harbor City storage unit and his Ford F-150.
But before the warrants were executed, detectives observed Jovani Rodriguez enter Cintron’s parked vehicle in what appeared to be a drug deal, according to the state.
When members of the Task Force and the Prosecutor’s Office Gangs, Guns, and Narcotics detectives approached Cintron and Rodriguez and verbally identified themselves, Rodriguez fled, according to the charges.
Rodriguez, 39, of Galloway Township, got into a struggle with a detective, who sustained injuries as a result, the prosecutor said.
Investigators recovered crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine and heroin/fentanyl from Rodriguez, according to the charges.
A search of Cintron’s vehicle revealed more than a half-ounce of heroin/fentanyl, more than a half-ounce of crystal methamphetamine, and $459 in cash.
The packaging of the heroin recovered in Cintron’s vehicle was consistent with the heroin that was recovered on Rodriguez, according to the charges.
Investigators also seized about a pound of crystal methamphetamine from Cintron’s home, along with a handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets, according to the charges.
In the Egg Harbor City storage unit was a 2020 Can Am Spyder F3L registered to Cintron that the state alleges was bought with drug money.
This investigation was led by the Liberty Mid-Atlantic HIDTA Task Force with the assistance of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Gangs, Guns, & Narcotics Unit, and Hammonton Police Department.
