Officers who were called to help a sick child at a hotel room in New Jersey discover 1,000 bags of heroin

  • While rendering medical assistance to the child, police found heroin packages in the hotel room at a Holiday Inn in Hazlet
  • Officers arrested 27-year-old Robyn Brown of South Amboy who had rented the room
  • She has been charged with multiple narcotics offenses and endangering the welfare of a child 

A first aid call to help a sick child ended up turning into a drugs bust as more than 1,000 packets of heroin were found at a hotel in New Jersey.

The unexpected find happened at a Holiday Inn on Route 35 in the town of Hazlet. 

Police officers were called to the hotel on Tuesday to deal with a youngster who had fallen ill, however it was as they began assisting the child that officers Russell Surdi and Patrick Kiley noticed there were hundreds of folded packets of heroin in the room.

Busted! Hazlet Township Police found 1,000 packets of heroin in a Holiday Inn hotel room on November 17 after responding to a first aid call involving a sick child

Busted! Hazlet Township Police found 1,000 packets of heroin in a Holiday Inn hotel room on November 17 after responding to a first aid call involving a sick child

Upon further investigation, Hazlet Township Police found more than 1,000 packages of heroin and other drugs. 

Robyn Brown, 27, of South Amboy has been arrested and charged with multiple narcotics offenses and endangering the welfare of a child.

The woman is being held on $232,000 bail at the Monmouth County Correctional Facility.

Police had been called to this Holiday Inn at Hazlet in New Jersey on Route 35 to help a sick child

Police had been called to this Holiday Inn at Hazlet in New Jersey on Route 35 to help a sick child

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