five month-long investigation into a drug distribution network resulted in drug and weapons charges this week for several Jersey Shore residents, including a Brick man who faces charges of leading the operation, Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford announced Thursday.

As a result of the raids, authorities confiscated approximately 800 grams of cocaine, a 9mm handgun, a 25-caliber handgun, a Mac-10 submachine gun and approximately $50,000 in cash. The investigation included FBI and law enforcement agencies in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Suspects from Brick, Toms River, Point Pleasant Borough, Point Pleasant Beach, Manchester and Lakewood were arrested.

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