Monday 23rd March 2026

Drug stop nets 2 arrests on turnpike

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State Police report they stopped a car in Stoenycreek Twp last Monday, and found drugs. Troopers say they noticed heavily tinted windows and an improperly installed license plate on a suspicious vehicle and made the stop. When they did they found 3 kilograms of fentanyl under the rear passenger seat. Taken into custody were 24 year old Jose Cortez Benitez of California and 44 year old Ramiro Cisneros Hernandez of New York. Both were taken to the Somerset County jail, and locked up without bail.

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