Upon searching the residence, which the suspect shared with his mother, drugs and drug paraphernalia were found.
WASHINGTON TWP. -- A drug investigation in Washington Township came to and end resulting in the arrest of a township resident on Thursday.
According to a police report, the Washington Township Police Department's Investigative Division and the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office Narcotics Strike Force executed a search warrant of a property on McKinley Avenue after naming resident Nikko Harris as a suspect in a lengthy narcotics investigation.
Police say that upon searching the residence, which is shared by 26-year-old Harris and his mother, drugs and drug paraphernalia were recovered. As a result Harris was charged with three counts of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, distribution of controlled dangerous substance within 1000 feet of a school zone, and possession of controlled dangerous substance.
According to police, Harris was sent to jail in default of $50,000 cash bail.
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