Major drug stash seized near school, say Stafford police

Crystal meth, cocaine, LSD, psilocybin, molly, marijuana and brass knuckles, all within 1,000 feet of a school, land a Manahawkin drug suspect in the Ocean County Jail.

Stafford Township police reported that they found more than three pounds of weed, more than a half-ounce of cocaine, about 1,000 tabs of LSD, packaging material, a digital scale, about $620 cash, and several sets of brass knuckles in Justin Wiersig's house in the Ocean Acres section, a stone's throw form Ocean Acres Elementary, during a Wednesday search.

Wiersig, 38, is being detained until his first court appearance, police said. The matter will be heard in Ocean County Superior Court in Toms River.

The 7:15 PM search on Voyager Lane arose from a warrant, and involved Stafford and Barnegat police, The Ocean County Prosecutor's Special Operations Group and the county's SWAT team.

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