$5M Worth Of Heroin Seized In Bergen County
Connecticut man arrested after three-week long investigation yields 1.1 million decks of heroin worth $3.5 and $5 million, police said.
By DANIEL HUBBARD (Patch Staff)
September 9, 2015
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$5M Worth Of Heroin Seized In Bergen County
A Connecticut man was arrested in Teaneck Friday after authorities seized 22 kilograms of heroin, about 1.1 million decks, worth between $3.5 and $5 million, New Jersey State Police said.

Miguel Armenta-Villa, 25 of Bakersfield, Connecticut, was arrested at 620 Bryant Ave. after authorities searched and found 22 kilograms of heroin at the residence, police said. The heroin is equivalent to 1.1 million decks of heroin. A deck is considered a single dose of heroin.

“It’s definitely one of the biggest ones in the state this year,” state police Sgt. Jeff Flynn said. ”When you’re talking about 1.1 million doses, there’s a high probability that someone’s life could be saved as a result of the investigation.”

Detectives from the state police Trafficking North Unit and members of the New York Drug Enforcement Fast Force Group arrested Armenta-Villa after a three-week long investigation, authorities said.


The state Division of Criminal Justice in the Office of the Attorney General will prosecute the case, police said.