7 Arrested Following Six-Month Narcotics Investigation

 *THIS STORY CONTAINS NEW INFORMATION                                                                                                                                                                                         The streets are a bit cleaner after the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force and Internal Affairs Unit charged seven people following a six-month long narcotics investigation.  According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, the investigation led to the seizure of more than 4 kilograms of suspected cocaine, two handguns, seven vehicles, and over $70,000 in cash.

Suarez reports that during the early morning hours of Thursday, July 17, 2025, law enforcement officers from the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office executed numerous search warrants at multiple locations in North Hudson…North Bergen, West New York, and Union City.  Over the course of the operation, officers arrested seven people – including a dispatcher with the West New York Police Department, a retired Detective from the West New York Police Department, and a Hudson County Correctional Police Officer – and discovered a narcotics production facility.  The street value of the recovered narcotics is estimated at more than $150,000.

According to a press release from the Prosecutor’s Office, the following individuals were arrested:

• 50-year old Alfredo Diaz of Union City is charged with: Leading a Narcotics Network, a crime of the first degree; Maintaining a Controlled Dangerous Substance Production Facility, a crime of the first degree; two counts of Conspiracy to Distribute (cocaine), crimes of the second degree; Conspiracy to Possess (cocaine), a crime of the third degree; two counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, crimes of the second degree; Conspiracy to Commit Official Misconduct, a crime of the second degree; two counts of Possession with the Intent to Distribute (cocaine), crimes of the second degree; three counts of Possession with the Intent to Distribute (cocaine) within 1,000 Feet of a School, crimes of the second degree; two counts of Possession with the Intent to Distribute (cocaine) within 500 Feet of Public Property, crimes of the second degree; two counts of Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, crimes of the second degree; two counts of Possession with the Intent to Distribute (cocaine), crimes of the first degree; two counts of Possession of a Weapon while Committing a CDS Offense, crimes of the second degree; Certain Persons not to Possess a Weapon (firearm), a crime of the fourth degree; Possession of Hollow Point Bullets, a crime of the fourth degree; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, a disorderly persons offense; Receiving Stolen Property (firearm), a crime of the third degree; and three counts of Money Laundering, crimes of the third degree.