Cops arrest 2 in Green Brook heroin bust

Investigators arrested two men Tuesday and seized $260 worth of heroin packaged under the name “Never say Never” during a traffic stop on Route 22, authorities said.

James Olson Jr., 30, of Bound Brook and Jeffrey Moklak, 33, of Bridgewater are each charged with possession of heroin, Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano said.

Detectives were conducting surveillance in the Bound Brook area around 6:55 p.m. Tuesday when they watched Olson and Moklak drive to a known narcotics area in Newark, Soriano said. The men allegedly then parked the Mitsubishi Eclipse near Irvine Turner Boulevard, sat there for a short period of time and then began to travel back toward Bound Brook.

The investigators conducted a motor vehicle stop of the car on Route 22 in Green Brook, the prosecutor said. Both were removed from the car, arrested and advised of the drug investigation.

Olson gave the detectives consent to search the car where they found10 bags of heroin marked “Never say Never” and two hypodermic syringes, Soriano said in a news release. A subsequent search of Moklak allegedly found three more bags of heroin with the same packaging.

The estimated street value of the heroin is $260, the news release said.

Olson and Moklak, who also were charged with possession of hypodermic needles, were lodged in the Somerset County Jail, Soriano said. Bail had not been set at that time.

Detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force conducted the investigation with help from Green Brook police.