By Nicolas Fernandes
nj.com
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Two New York residents had 120 kilos of marijuana of their automobile throughout a site visitors cease in North Jersey, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella mentioned.
Xian Fang Mei, 62, and Xian Wei Tang, 39, each of Queens, New York, have been touring by means of Bergen County on Wednesday and have been stopped by officers from the Prosecutor’s Workplaces Narcotic Job Drive, officers mentioned.
Officers discovered 120 kilos of marijuana within the automobile and charged Mei and Tang with first-degree possession with intent to distribute marijuana over 25 kilos, authorities mentioned.
Gov. Phil Murphy signed laws in Feb. 2021 making it authorized for anybody age 21 or older to own as much as six ounces of marijuana. Licensed dispensaries all through the state have been approved to start out promoting leisure hashish in April 2022.
The Prosecutor’s Workplace didn’t say which Bergen County city the cease occurred in.
They have been each launched pending a primary look in county court docket.
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