Twenty-one people were arrested this week for their alleged involvement in a drug ring that saw cocaine come from Texas and Delaware into New Jersey. Other drugs and $39,000 in cash were seized during the arrests, Gloucester County Prosecutor Charles Fiore said.

Most of the arrests and warranted searches took place in Paulsboro on Monday. Besides 400 grams of cocaine, authorities recovered 200 grams of crystal meth, 120 grams of heroin, 356 Percocet pills, two handguns, a sawed-off shotgun and $39,000 in cash.

Those charged in Operation Red Raider -- referring to the Paulsboro mascot -- range from ages 19 to 56. The bust involved state and federal agencies (including the DEA and ATF) along with 12 local police departments in the county.

Investigators said Duane Johns, 31, led the drug ring and bought cocaine from Darnell Samuels, a 35-year-old Wilmington, Delaware resident. Samuels was receiving cocaine from Texas "in kilogram amounts," Fiore said in a statement.

Samuels was previously charged with committing a 2016 homicide in Paulsboro - a case that's pending in court.

The seized heroin was sent to a State Police lab for testing that can determine if it also contains fentanyl, the powerful opioid that has contributed to a spike in overdose deaths. Gloucester County has had 49 fatal overdoses so far in 2018; there were 69 in all of 2017.

"This week's operation underscores my unwavering commitment to aggressively pursue and prosecute those engaged in distributing and selling illegal and many times fatal drugs," Fiore said.

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said: "With so many dying from overdoses of heroin and the super-potent opioid fentanyl, which is recklessly mixed with or substituted for heroin, dealers are really profiting at the expense of lives lost, families destroyed and communities devastated."

Charged were:

Duane Johns, 31, Paulsboro

Leader of a Narcotics Trafficking Network

Distribution of Cocaine

Possession of Cocaine

Possession of Marijuana

Conspiracy

Darnell Samuels, 35, Wilmington, Delaware

Distribution of Cocaine

Possession of Cocaine

Distribution of Methamphetamine

Possession of Methamphetamine

Distribution of Prescription Legend Drugs

Possession of Prescription Legend Drugs

Conspiracy

Keenan B. Cheeks, 27, of Salem

Distribution of Heroin

Possession of Heroin

Conspiracy

Orlando Williams, 35, of Paulsboro

Distribution of Heroin

Possession of Heroin

Conspiracy

Trynell T. Foster, 26, of Paulsboro

Distribution of Heroin

Possession of Heroin

Conspiracy

Leonard Mears, 50, Paulsboro

Possession of Prescription Legend Drugs

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Nicole Moore, 45, Paulsboro

Possession of Marijuana

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Wanda Martin, 43, Paulsboro

Unlawful Possession of Prohibited Weapons and Devices - Sawed-Off Shotgun

Steven Johns, 28, Paulsboro

Conspiracy

William Hodges, 37, Woodbury

Conspiracy

Robert Madden, 25, Paulsboro

Distribution of Heroin

Possession of Heroin

Conspiracy

Thomas Gray, 31, Paulsboro

Conspiracy

Brandon Carr, 34, Paulsboro

Unlawful Possession of Weapon - Handgun

Certain Persons not to have Weapon

Possession of Marijuana

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Damien Mears, 45, Paulsboro

Distribution of Heroin

Possession of Heroin

Possession of Marijuana

Conspiracy

James Johns, 26, Paulsboro

Conspiracy

Shamar Gaines, 30, Glassboro

Distribution of Cocaine

Possession of Cocaine

Conspiracy

Samar Khalid, 24, Penns Grove

Distribution of Heroin

Possession of Heroin

Conspiracy

Douglas Eli, 43, Deptford

Conspiracy

Anthony Kille, 19, Penns Grove

Distribution of Heroin

Possession of Heroin

Conspiracy

Shovanha Myers, 30, Paulsboro

Conspiracy

Virginia Campbell, 56, Paulsboro

Conspiracy

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