Police: FBI Helps Arrest Teen Drug Dealer in Atlantic City, NJ

An Atlantic City man is facing 28 charges after being arrested following a three-month-long drug investigation.

On Wednesday, the Atlantic City Police Department says their detectives in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Safe Streets Task Force executed a search warrant in the 900 block of Lexington Avenue.

The search warrant, according to police, was the culmination of a months-long investigation into the possession and distribution of narcotics.

The target of this investigation was 19-year-old Diogenes Galvez of Atlantic City.

Detectives arrested Galvez for an outstanding warrant after he left his home. During a search of the residence, detectives say they recovered the following items:

• Loaded handgun
• More than two pounds of cocaine
• More than 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine
• Approximately 770 individual bags of heroin
• Almost one pound of Marijuana
• 56 Oxycodone prescription pills
• 21 bottles of Promethazine
• Over $5,500

Galvez has been charged with the following:

• 6 counts of possession of CDS
• 6 counts of possession of CDS with intent to distribute
• 5 counts of possession of CDS with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school zone
• 5 counts of possession of CDS with intent to distribute within 500 feet of a public zone
• Unlawful possession of a weapon
• Possession of a weapon while committing a CDS offense
• Possession of hollow-point ammunition
• Possession of a large-capacity magazine
• Possession of a defaced firearm
• Money laundering

Galvez was remanded to the Atlantic County Justice Facility.

Anyone with information about narcotics distribution is urged to contact the Atlantic City Police Department at (609) 347-5858.

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The public is reminded that charges are accusations and all persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.