WARETOWN – A house in Ocean Township was being used to distribute pain medications and pills containing fentanyl, police said.
Jeffrey Miliukas, 58, of Waretown, faces numerous charges after multiple police agencies converged on his property on April 7.
Officers found 17 fentanyl pills, 75 oxycodone pills, approximately one pound of marijuana, four rifles, three shotguns, a .22 caliber handgun, as well as additional evidence indicative of narcotics distribution purposes.
He was charged with Possession of Oxycodone with Intent to Distribute; Possession of Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute; Possession of More than One Ounce of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute; Possession of Fentanyl; Possession of Weapons while Committing a Controlled Dangerous Substance Offense; and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer thanked the departments that worked this case, including his office’s Narcotics Strike Force, Asset Forfeiture Unit, and Regional SWAT Team; as well as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Preparedness – Homeland Security Investigations; New Jersey State Police – Trafficking Central Unit; Barnegat Police Department Crime Reduction Unit, Barnegat Police K-9 Unit, and Ocean Township (Waretown) Detective Bureau.
Charges are merely accusations until proven in a court of law.
