RARITAN BOROUGH, N.J. – A tip has led to the arrest of a 63-year-old suspect man after a traffic stop on Route 202/206 which recovered five ounces of methamphetamine with a street value of $14,200, according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald.
Clemente Lozano, a resident of Bernice Street in Belleville, has been charged with First Degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance (methamphetamine) with Intent to Distribute, according to McDonald, who provided the following account:
On Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 5:30 p.m., members of the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force along with members of the Bridgewater Police Department were conducting a narcotics investigation in the area of Somerset Corporate Boulevard in Bridgewater.
They had received a tip that Lozano, known to Task Force members from prior narcotics investigations, would be arriving in the area and received a description of his vehicle.
Investigators established surveillance in the immediate area and observed a vehicle matching the description that had been given traveling south on the state highway near Bell Avenue, occupied by Clemente.