Town police made the arrest after a monthlong investigation.
Authorities on Thursday arrested an alleged cocaine dealer in Hackettstown after a monthlong investigation, town police announced in a news release Friday.
Nelson Granados-Oviedo, 24, of the 100 block of Main Street, is accused of distributing the drug on two dates last summer, according to a criminal complaint filed at state Superior Court in Belvidere.
Granados-Oviedo was sent to the Warren County jail on charges of two counts each of possession, possession with intent to distribute, and distribution.
The charges are all third-degree offenses, meaning each carries a potential sentence of three to five years in prison if convicted.
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