NEWARK -- An 18-year-old man was charged with drug distribution after Newark police found him with heroin packets and other narcotics in a vehicle stop, authorities said Tuesday.

Police stopped a Jeep Grand Cherokee late Sunday morning in the city's Central Ward and officers smelled "a strong odor" of marijuana coming from the vehicle, according to Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose.

The front seat passenger, Furad Fleming, had 548 glassine envelopes of heroin, 18 clear vials of cocaine, a plastic bag of marijuana and $380, Ambrose announced in a statement.

Fleming, of Newark, was charged with offenses including distribution of drugs near a public park and on school property.

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