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According to the Brick Township Police Departmentt, on Tuesday, October 11, at around 12:20 PM, detectives from the Street Crimes Unit carried out a search warrant at Lucian Demarco's home on Mantoloking Road with the assistance of detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, agents from the US Postal Service, and agents from the US Department of Homeland Security (37 years old). Psilocybin mushrooms, Xanax, psilocybin tablets, marijuana, three weapons, a sizable quantity of drug packaging and paraphernalia, as well as tens of thousands of dollars in US money, were all found during the search.
The investigation began on Tuesday, October 4th when a Special Agent from the US Department of Homeland Security contacted SCU Detectives. The agent reported that a U.S. Customs and Border patrol agent intercepted a parcel package that originated outside the United States, that it contained psilocybin mushrooms and that it was being delivered to the residence in Brick Township.
The subsequent search yielded the following: several forms of psilocybin mushrooms, psilocybin capsules, psilocybin grow kits, a quantity of marijuana packaged for resale, marijuana business promotional items included business cards, stickers, pens, magnets, and branded plastic bags, alprazolam pills, Harmine powder, and paperwork indicative of operating a drug maintenance and distribution facility. Detectives also discovered several safes, a shotgun, a rifle, a handgun with an extended magazine and a large amount of currency.
Demarco was charged with transporting/possession of property derived from criminal activity, possession of a large capacity ammunition magazine, maintaining/operating a controlled dangerous substance (CDS) facility, possession of CDS, manufacturing/distributing CDS, committing a drug offense while in possession of a firearm and paraphernalia and money laundering. Demarco was lodged in Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing.
Chief Riccio would like to commend the Street Crimes Unit detectives as well as our Federal and County law enforcement partners for a job well done. Their efforts prevented these dangerous drugs from being distributed in our community.
