Moorestown Township will host Operation Take Back New Jersey, a medicine disposal day. The event, which is open to all residents, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 in the parking lot of the Moorestown Police Department, 1245 N. Church St., Suite 3. The program was organized to encourage local community residents to properly dispose of their unused, unwanted and expired medicine.
This statewide effort is being spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, the NY/NJ HIDTA, and the New Jersey National Guard.
“Last year New Jersey opened its medicine cabinets and we collected over 9,000 pounds of medicine that was unwanted,” said John G. McCabe Jr., acting special agent in charge of the DEA NJ Division. “This year, we are very excited about the continued support brought on by Operation Take Back New Jersey, and we hope all citizens will take time to eliminate any and all medicines that are not suitable for proper medical use. The more public attention we bring to this issue, the more we trust that people will become educated on the dangers of prescription drug abuse.”
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A resident of Central Avenue reported a suspicious vehicle at 12:10 a.m. April 3. Officers located the vehicle, which belonged to a local resident.
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A suspicious small black car with three occupants was reported to be in the rear parking lot of a business on Chester Avenue at 12:54 p.m. April 3. Officers checked the area but could not locate the vehicle or its occupants.
On April 2, Moorestown Police found several computer monitors, a printer and bottles had been broken in a rear parking lot of a vacant building on Commerce Drive.
A resident of Somers Avenue reported to police that there were suspicious juveniles in the cul-de-sac at 10:51 p.m. April 2. Officers were unable to locate anyone.
A resident of Beth Drive reported a burglary at 9:17 a.m. March 31. The resident, who had been asleep upstairs, said that sometime overnight items were stolen from the basement.
At 8:45 p.m. March 30, an officer located two subjects in a vehicle on Haines Drive in possession of narcotics. Both subjects were charged.
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