10 Arrested In Drug Raid In Seaside Park

A mother of two children is among 10 people arrested in a drug raid by Ocean County authorities in Seaside Park. Thursday night's raid on a rental property at 1914 Northeast Central Avenue followed a three-month investigation by Seaside Park Police, the Ocean County Regional SWAT Team and the Seaside Heights Police Department, according to the Asbury Park Press

. Authorities recovered heroin, crack, cocaine, marijuana, Oxycontin and drug paraphernalia.

Police say the suspects had gang ties, including the alleged ring-leader, 42 year old Josephine Garris, who lived at the home. Her children, both under 9 years old, were turned over to the state Department of Child Protection and Permanency. She was being held in the Ocean County Jail in Toms River on $150,000 bail.