Attorney General Anne Milgram and the state director of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration came to Morristown to make the announcement this afternoon with Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi.
Photos of nine of the 11 individuals were made available by authorities.Bianchi said the five-month, gang, gun and drug investigation was one of the most successful launched in Morris County as it targeted individuals based in Dover, Rockaway, Wharton and Randolph.
He said it racked up the first major success of a newly formed intelligence crime task force, which seeks to foster more information sharing between county and local police agencies.In addition to 2,000 packages of heroin and 130 packages of cocaine, authorities said they seized $12,000 in cash and a cache of weapons that included three semi-automatic handguns and a sawed-off shotgun.
Those arrested included Carlos Gonzales Sr., 51, of Wharton, and Carlos Gonzalez Jr., 20, of Randolph, a father and son who had set up competing drug businesses that authorities said "utilized fear, intimidation and violence" to carry out their operations.The son, who is also charged with attempted murder, is begin held on $1.15 million bail while the father is being held on $250,000 bail.
The attempted murder charge stems from a drive-by shooting last Thursday on Prospect Street in Dover.
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