Somerville, NJ -- More than $21,000 worth of heroin was seized by police in Somerville following a drug investigation, Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson announced Friday.

Detectives with the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force conducted a three week long investigation into the sale of heroin by William Brown, age 59, of North Gaston Avenue, Somerville.

On March 17 around 9:30 p.m., police executed a search warrant at his home and found 2,156 folds of heroin and $557 in cash, according to Robertson.