The Essex County Sheriff's Office is conducting an ongoing drug investigation in an Irvington neighborhood.
IRVINGTON -- Two men were arraigned Monday after authorities said they found drugs and guns in an Irvington apartment that was allegedly running a drug operation.
Oyola and Proctor. (Courtesy Essex County Corrections)According to Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura, officers executing a warrant at an apartment on South 20th Street Friday morning found one man, Roberto "Chico" Oyola, inside.
Oyola was arrested after authorities said they found a loaded, .40 caliber Ultra Star semi-automatic handgun, two boxes of ammunition, small amounts of heroin and crack cocaine, and drug paraphernalia in the home.
When sheriff's officers pulled up to the apartment, Fontoura said, a man standing outside of it - Walik Proctor, 27, of Newark - bolted.
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While he was running, Proctor allegedly threw two vials of crack cocaine on the ground. When officers caught up with him, they found 58 more vials on him, Fontoura said.
Arrested on multiple drug and weapons charges, Oyola's bail was set at $100,000, and Proctor's at $50,000, authorities said.
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