MOUNT OLIVE TOWNSHIP, NJ (Morris County) – Cocaine was seized during a Mount Olive Township traffic stop on Monday
On April 15, at 12:23 p.m. an officer observed a Chevrolet Malibu traveling west on Route 46 with a non-functioning brake light. A random inquiry of the vehicle’s registration showed that the registration was suspended, police said.
The officer stopped the vehicle in the area of the Village Green Shopping Center and made contact with the driver, who was identified as Amber Sickles, 37, of Hopatcong Borough, police said.
The officer impounded Sickles’ vehicle as a result of the suspended registration and when she exited the vehicle, the officer observed a plastic baggie on the driver seat containing suspected cocaine. Through the course of the investigation, an additional quantity of suspected cocaine was located, police said.
Sickles was arrested and charged with possession of CDS Schedule I-IV, possession of paraphernalia, driving a vehicle with a suspended registration, and possession of a narcotic in a motor vehicle. She was then released pending a court appearance, police said.
