NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE NARCOTICS

Detective Anthony Pompei #7917 and | were lucky enough to be selected to represent the Crime Suppression Central Unit and State Police as co-troopers of the year for 2022. This recognition wasn't the result of just one job or just the work by myself and Det. Pompei. It was the result of a collective team effort between us and the other detectives within the Crime Suppression Central Unit. The hard work, determination, and ability to work in sync as a team all with a common goal of disrupting the flow of drugs, weapons, and violent crime into the state is what that recognition was the result of.

One of the biggest narcotics seizures I have investigated occurred last year (2023). We were able to identify a large scale narcotics trafficker within the NJ/ NY area from information provided by a confidential informant. As a result of many surveillance hours by Crime Suppression Detectives and various advanced electronic surveillance techniques. We were able to identify a tractor-trailer and "trapped out" vehicle the target was utilizing to facilitate his distribution network. Ultimately we executed a Search Warrant on that vehicle and seized 18kilos from an advanced electronically operated hidden compartment concealed within the vehicle and over 700k in cash from illegal narcotics distribution activities.

What I would tell other narcotic detectives is, to be smart, learn from your senior detectives and remember, a drug dealer has to be right every single time they engage in their distribution activities. We in law enforcement only have to be right once to disrupt their distribution activities.