Atlantic City Police raided two convenience stores for distributing narcotics and arrested four people. The stores targeted were The Afty located in the 200 block of south Rhode Island Avenue and The Afty Express located in the 300 block of Atlantic Avenue. Detectives executed court authorized search warrants on both stores, a residence in the 1100 block of Adriatic Avenue, and three vehicles.
The targets of the investigation, Charles Butler and Tiarra Rodriguez, were taken into custody as they left their residence. A family member, Amir Butler, and a store employee, Angelo Jones, were also arrested and charged as conspirators in the distribution operation.
During the searches of these properties and vehicles, detectives recovered more than five pounds of marijuana and 3.5 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms packaged for street sale. In addition, two of the vehicles were seized and approximately $42,000 US currency was recovered as proceeds of illegal narcotics sales.