OCPO PRESS ADVISORY 03-09-18

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WHAT: Prosecutor Coronato announces the results of Ocean County’s first High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) partnership investigation resulting in the largest drug operation in terms of drug amounts, money & scope in the history of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Special Operations Group with significant impact throughout the state cutting the drug supply network to the Jersey Shore and beyond.

WHERE: Ocean County Administration Building Boardroom 119

101 Hooper Avenue

Toms River, NJ

(Note: Press vehicle parking will be available directly across the street from the Admin Bldg in front of the Justice Complex)

WHEN: Friday, March 9, 2018 at 11 A.M.

WHO:

• The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office – Special Operations Group
• US Drug Enforcement Administration Ocean/Monmouth HIDTA Task Force
• NY/NJ High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area North
• New Jersey National Guard Counter Drug Task Force
• Ocean County Regional Special Weapons & Assault Team
• Ocean County Prosecutor’s Financial Crimes Unit
• The Ocean County Sheriff’s Department
• Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office
• Essex County Prosecutor’s Office
• Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office
• Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office
• Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office
• Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office
• Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office
• Union County Prosecutor’s Office
• New Jersey Division of Parole
• The New Jersey State Police
• Barnegat Police Department
• Beach Haven Police Department
• Bloomfield Police Department
• Brick Township Police Department
• Howell Police Department
• Lacey Police Department
• Lakewood Township Police Department
• Lakehurst Police Department
• Long Beach Township Police Department
• Manchester Township Police Department
• Piscataway Police Department
• Plainfield Police Department
• Seaside Heights Police Department
• Ship Bottom Police Department
• Stafford Township Police Department
• Toms River Police Department
• Waretown Police Department