The three drug deals took place in parking lots in Franklin Township in May
FRANKLIN -- A New Brunswick man accused of selling 160 grams of cocaine with an estimated street value of $16,000 to an undercover detective last month has been arrested, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday.
Josue Carrasco (Somerset County Prosecutor's Office)Josue Carrasco, 33, of Andy Street, sold drugs on three occasions in May to the undercover detective with the county's Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force before he was arrested, authorities said.
Carrasco has been charged with first-degree distribution of cocaine and is being held in Somerset County Jail. Authorities didn't release his bail amount.
The drug deals occurred May 12, 19 and 31 in the parking lock of a Somerset Street restaurant and food store. In the third deal, Carrasco sold the detective 130 grams of cocaine and was arrested, authorities said.
The drug sting arrest was the second announced by the prosecutor's office on Wednesday.
Pablo Juarez-Ortega, 47, of Somerset Street in New Brunswick, was arrested after a similar sting in which he allegedly sold an uncovered detective more than 200 grams of cocaine during three meetings. The cocaine had an estimated street value of $20,500, authorities said.
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