Chicago man pleads guilty in New Jersey’s largest meth bust, 260 pounds seized from a truck

💊 Federal prosecutors say the conspiracy brought 260 pounds of meth into New Jersey.

⚖️ A Chicago man pleaded guilty in the record-setting drug trafficking case Thursday.

🚔 Authorities say the seizure was the largest meth bust in New Jersey history.

A Chicago man who conspired to bring 260 pounds of meth across state lines into New Jersey faces life in prison.

On Thursday, 47-year-old Marcos Cesar Acosta pleaded guilty in federal court in Camden to conspiracy to distribute meth. Federal prosecutors said the bust happened in late April.

It was the largest seizure of methamphetamine in New Jersey history, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office…

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