Off-Duty N.J. Detective Arrests Three on Drug Charges
Two Pleasantville residents and an Absecon man were arrested Thursday after an off-duty Atlantic City police detective witnessed a possible drug sale.
Sgt. Rodney Ruark was on his way home when he witnessed a sale in Absecon and followed one of the men involved, who was on a bike, police said.
Eugene Link, 41, of Absecon, was arrested.
The other suspects were stopped in their car by Pleasantville police a short time later.
Hakeem Vaughn, 35, and Olympia Williams, 27, were arrested and taken to the Absecon Police Department.
Link was found with about $2,500 worth of cocaine and 75 pills of ecstasy, valued at $25 each, police said. About $4,500 in cash was also seized. He was charged with possession and released on a summons.
Vaughn and Williams each was charged with two counts of possession, distribution, selling and conspiracy.
They were lodged in the Atlantic County Justice Facility on $100,000 cash bail.
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