Newark police arrested and charged a 24-year-old store clerk Friday for selling loose cigarettes and possessing almost 200 Oxycodone pills, according to police.
Detective Hubert Henderson said Vianelly Gavilan, of Newark, was charged with "multiple violations" of the state's narcotics laws and with the illegal sale of cigarettes.
The arrest came after an undercover operation around 8:30 p.m. Friday when a plain-clothed officer walked into Del Nitis Grocery Store on Park Avenue in the city and asked Gavilan for "loosies" — a street term used to refer to individual cigarettes removed from the pack and sold, according to Henderson. He said Gavilan then sold the officer "loosies."
Henderson said the officer then left the store and vice detectives re-entered the store and placed Gavilan under arrest.
Detectives recovered almost five cartons of cigarettes and several loose cigarettes, according to Henderson. He said they also discovered three bottles of Oxycodone.
Authorities did not say if Gavilan was released or is in jail.
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