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  • How a DEA raid reached Berkeley Township in a major drug crackdown

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📰 News we're reading

• Modern Monmouth history—2018. DEA involved in Monmouth-Ocean drug crackdown (blogfinger.net) — Federal drug raids in Toms River, South Toms River, and Berkeley Township targeted heroin and fentanyl trafficking tied to the Sinaloa cartel, reflecting a deadly overdose crisis in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Authorities say hundreds have died locally since 2012, prompting a specialized DEA task force focused on the Shore area.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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