Cops: Alleged PA drug dealers pulled over in NJ with $420K fentanyl pills

🔺PA duo pulled over in NJ 🔺Thousands of fentanyl pills 🔺Drugs worth $420K, cops say

A pair of Pennsylvania residents were recently busted on a highway in New Jersey, with a stockpile of suspected fentanyl pills with a six-figure street value. Edgar Holguin-Reyes and Yakayra Reyes, both of Reading, Pennsylvania, were driving along Route 287 in North Jersey on Sunday after 6:30 p.m. Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotic Task Force recognized the vehicle as one that has been involved with drug operations.

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With help from the Mahwah Police Department, the vehicle was pulled over along the interstate.

A search of the car turned up about 14,000 suspected fentanyl pills, which has an estimated street value of roughly $420,000, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.

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Holguin-Reyes, 30, and Reyes, 27, were each charged with second-degree possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl-laced pills. They are both citizens of the Dominican Republic, according to jail records.

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