News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 04, 2011
Contact: DEA Special Agent Douglas S. Collier, M.A.
Public Information Officer
TEL: (973) 776-1143

Over 30 Arrested in Heroin and Gun Trafficking Sweep

AUG 04 – NEWARK, N.J. – Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Peter E. Warshaw , the Prosecutor for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, announced the arrests of numerous members of a racketeering network responsible for the distribution of significant quantities of heroin and the illegal sale of assault firearms in and around the Monmouth County area. The arrests occurred between July1, 2011 and August 3, 2011, with most occurring this week.

The investigation began in the fall of 2010 when members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office received information regarding a narcotics distribution and firearms trafficking network based in Long Branch. As the investigation proceeded, the leader of this network was identified as Anthony Stevenson, aka “Nygee,â€