Ouch haven't heard anything but I guarantee the K is why they went down. Keep us informed.
Ouch haven't heard anything but I guarantee the K is why they went down. Keep us informed.
Authorities seize 380 vials of club drug
Published in the Asbury Park Press 7/21/03
Worth of ketamine from California put at $40,000By JOSEPH PICARD
TOMS RIVER BUREAU
BRICK -- The township police narcotics squad, assisted by personnel from the U.S. Postal Service and the Ocean County Narcotics Strike Force, on Friday foiled a plan to ship about $40,000 worth of ketamine from California to the Brick area for distribution, authorities said.
"We seized 380 vials of ketamine," said Detective Sgt. Frank Docherty, head of the Brick Police Drug Enforcement Unit. "It has a street value of between $100 and $120 a vial."
Ketamine, also known as Special K, is an illegal "club drug." According to authorities, it is an animal anesthetic that, when used by humans, can cause impaired motor function, high blood pressure, amnesia, seizures and respiratory depression.
Police arrested William Pettinelli Jr., 22, 110 Mantoloking Road, and charged him with possession of ketamine, possession of ketamine with intent to distribute it, possession of anabolic steroids and possession of drug paraphernalia, Docherty said.
"His bail was set at $50,000 and he was taken to the Ocean County Jail in Toms River," Docherty said.
Arrested and released on their own recognizance were William Pettinelli Sr., 53; Michael Cheruka III, 22, and Jeremy Zayas, 23, all also residents of 110 Mantoloking Road, police said.
The elder Pettinelli was charged with obstruction of justice for trying to impede police activity; Cheruka was charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana, and Zayas was charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and obstruction of justice, authorities said.
"Zayas tried getting out a bathroom window, but was met outside by officers," Docherty said. "Apparently, Pettinelli the son was working the ketamine scheme without the others' knowledge."
Docherty explained that U.S. Postal Service drug-sniffing dogs in California identified a package containing the ketamine that was addressed to the Mantoloking Road house.
"The Postal Service let the package go through and alerted us," Docherty said. "They obtained a federal warrant for us so we could open the package and we obtained a search warrant for the house."
Docherty said that people order shipments of ketamine over the Internet and the packages are mailed with bogus return addresses, making it difficult to trace the source.
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"We seized 380 vials of ketamine," said Detective Sgt. Frank Docherty, head of the Brick Police Drug Enforcement Unit. "It has a street value of between $100 and $120 a vial."[/QUOTE]
$100-120 a vial, wow, i'm packing up my things and moving down the shore to bricktown to sell k, it should only cost about half that.
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