ACPD: Galloway Man Arrested With Heroin, Marijuana

A 21-year-old man from Galloway is in trouble with the law after cops in Atlantic City addressed complaints about drug distribution in city.

According to Atlantic City Police, two officers observed Adam Jones, Jr., of Galloway, loitering in a parking lot in the first south block of Florida Avenue on Saturday. Officials say Jones was, "continually engaging with individuals as they walked down the street."

Officers took note to what Jones was doing and they say they saw him conduct a drug deal with an unknown man.

Police continue the account,

As the man walked off, the officers approached Jones. Once seeing the officers, Jones put a fanny pack he was holding in his car. The officers recovered the pack and located 400 bags of heroin and more than 12 grams of marijuana. Jones was arrested without incident.

Jones has been charged with two counts each of possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), possession with intent to distribute CDS, possession with intent to distribute CDS within 1,000 feet of a school zone, and single counts of possession of narcotic paraphernalia and loitering with the purpose to distribute narcotics. He was released on a summons with a future court date.