NETCONG -- Police seized $1 million worth of heroin and cocaine from a tractor trailer hauling onions following a motor vehicle stop conducted by a rookie police officer, according to authorities.

NETCONG -- Police seized $1 million worth of heroin and cocaine from a tractor trailer hauling onions following a motor vehicle stop conducted by a rookie police officer, according to authorities.

Netcong Patrolman Gerard Hardiman, who has been an officer with the department for less than a year, stopped the 18-wheeler on Main Street Tuesday evening. According to court records, the truck was exceeding the road's six-ton limit.

During the stop, the officer called for back-up after he was given multiple false names by the truck driver, according to a joint release by Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Netcong Police Chief James Blesson.

The truck driver, identified as Vantwuan D. Williams, 44, of Victorville, Calif., also gave police a series of false Social Security numbers and birth dates, court records indicate. He also told police his passenger, identified as Earl Haggens, 57, of Los Angeles, Calif., was his uncle, but when police asked Haggens his relationship to Williams, he responded that he didn't know the driver's name, records indicate.

A Morris County Sheriff's Office K-9 dog brought to the scene found a black duffel bag containing $103,180, money the prosecutor's office believes was the proceeds of drug trafficking.

On Wednesday, with a search warrant signed by a Superior Court judge, Netcong police searched the rig and found 10 kilograms each of heroin and cocaine hidden among a cargo shipment of onions, the release said.

The combined 20 kilograms of drugs -- or 44 pounds -- has an estimated street value of more than $1 million, according to the release.

Williams and Haggens were each charged with first-degree possession of heroin and cocaine with intent to distribute, second-degree financial facilitation of criminal activity by transporting over $75,000 believed to be derived from criminal activity and possession of heroin and cocaine.

Williams was additionally charged with hindering apprehension by giving a false name to law enforcement, a disorderly persons offense.

Both men were remanded to the Morris County Jail pending a court appearance.

In the release, Knapp thanked all involved in the investigation and added, "This seizure literally amounts to removing thousands of potential lethal doses of poison from our community."

Involved in the investigation were the Netcong Police Department, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office Special Enforcement Unit and the Morris County Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit.

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