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Drug Interdiction Leads to Arrest, Seizure

 

By Herald Staff

VILLAS — Lower Township police busted a Wildwood woman for allegedly distributing drugs at a Villas residence.
On Feb. 26 at approximately 4 p.m., police arrested Malika Howard, 36, of the 200 block of E. Rio Grande Avenue, Wildwood.
According to police, Howard was under surveillance at a home in the first block of Virginia Avenue.
Officer Chris Lambert reportedly approached Howard and several other individuals as they sat in a parked car. Police said Lambert observed a “blunt” marijuana cigarette and seized the item.
A subsequent search produced 16 bags of heroin, eight bags of crack cocaine and three bags of marijuana.
Howard was charged with possession and possession with the intent to distribute drugs. She was lodged in county jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail set by Judge James Birchmeier.
Lambert and Patrolmen Michael Perry and Kevin Lewis investigated the case.

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