19-year-old held with THC vapes and 2 guns in Egg Harbor
Egg Harbor Township police arrested 19-year-old Hebereli Mejia on 4 November 2026 after searches of his home, storage unit and car found marijuana flower, over 2,000 grams of Delta-9 THC vape liquid, pills, guns and a silencer. He faces 40 drug and weapons counts and was lodged pending a detention hearing.
🇺🇸 Cardiff, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey · New Jersey, United States
Egg Harbor Township police arrested 19-year-old Hebereli Mejia of the Cardiff
section after a long-term narcotics investigation.[1][2]He was lodged at the
Atlantic County Justice Facility pending a detention hearing.[1][2]He faces 40
counts for allegedly running a drug business out of his home and a storage
facility.[3]He appeared briefly in court by video on Thursday and learned his
detention hearing would be Tuesday.[3]
On 4 November, members of the township police Criminal Investigation Bureau
executed multiple court-authorized search warrants.[1]The searches covered
his Cardiff home, a storage unit and a 2022 Tesla registered to him.[3]The
searches yielded more than a pound of marijuana flower and vape products
containing more than 2,000 grams of Delta-9 THC liquid.[3]Officers seized two
firearms, multiple large-capacity magazines and a silencer fitted to one gun.[1]Officers also found 99 amphetamine pills and five MDMA pills alongside the
cannabis and guns.[3]Police said Mejia faces additional weapons charges
because of a final restraining order against him.[3]
Police said the action was part of an ongoing effort to disrupt the sale and
distribution of THC vape products marketed to young people.[1]Investigators
said he had been under surveillance for more than a year since September 2025.[3]The township police were assisted by the Atlantic County Regional SWAT Team
and the Prosecutor’s Office.[1]Charges are accusations and he is presumed
innocent until proven guilty.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis amounts were reported as more than a pound of flower and more than 2,000 grams of THC liquid; 2.454 kg is the minimum sum and the true total may be higher.
No cartridge count or separate oil weight beyond the 2,000-gram liquid figure was published.
Amphetamine and MDMA pill counts and firearms are named only to explain the mixed seizure and are excluded from cannabis figures.
BreakingAC reports pending Atlantic City drug charges from a November 2025 summons, with 30 grams of THC oil, 12 disposable vaporizers, 17 grams of hashish and psilocybin bars; that is a separate event and its amounts are excluded here.
No detention outcome, charge sheet detail or court result beyond the pending hearing was reported.
A man was arrested at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint in Texas after a K-9 alert led to the discovery of marijuana and three firearms, one reported stolen. The driver, held on an active warrant, was turned over to local authorities for extradition.
Passenger Jamaal Parker was arrested on November 10, 2026, after a wrong-way vehicle pursuit ended in a crash in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Sheriff's deputies reported finding 4 pounds (1.81 kilograms) of concentrated marijuana (THC) valued at over $13,000 and two loaded handguns in his backpack.
Patrick Wayne Gaylor, 40, was arrested on Maple Avenue near East 6th Street in Rome, Georgia, after police stopped his vehicle over an improperly restrained five-year-old child and found marijuana. He was charged with marijuana possession, a child safety restraint violation, and a parole violation.
Palo Alto County sheriff's deputies arrested 37-year-old Baley Dietrich and 18-year-old Landen Dietrich, both of Graettinger, after a disturbance call on the morning of 9 November 2026. Both were charged with first-offense marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia and were booked into the Palo Alto County Jail to await initial appearances.
