Prosecutors: 5 arrested for smuggling thousands of pounds of candles containing meth in New Jersey

Thursday, August 31, 2017
NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- A huge drug bust at a New Jersey warehouse uncovered a new way of hiding methamphetamine.

Prosecutors say the NYPD and DEA have arrested five people who were trying to smuggle more than 1,300 pounds of wax candles containing the drug.
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The suspects all face drug charges that could land them in prison for ten years to life.
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