LITTLE EGG HARBOR – A Mays Landing man has pled guilty to illegally selling drugs, officials said.
Khaadim Abdullah, 28, pled guilty to the charge of Distribution of Methamphetamine in an Amount Greater than Five Ounces. At the time of his sentencing on February 23, the State will be seeking a term of 13 years in New Jersey State Prison.
During the months of July and August 2022, a multi-agency investigation identified three homes, two in Mays Landing and one in Atlantic City, to be storing and distributing illegal narcotics. According to police, these homes were being utilized by Abdullah and two other people.
On August 18, police said they performed surveillance on the three homes. They maintained surveillance on Abdullah as he traveled in the area of Little Egg Harbor Township.
Abdullah then traveled onto the Garden State Parkway, where surveillance was maintained by the New Jersey State Police – Trafficking Central Unit and New Jersey State Police Hamilton Barracks, with the assistance of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration Aviation Unit.
Abdullah was seen exiting the Garden State Parkway onto a dirt road in Galloway Township, where he then fled from his car on foot, discarding items into the wooded areas. Abdullah was ultimately apprehended and taken into custody.
A search was executed on all three homes and as a result, detectives seized in total about 14 ounces of methamphetamine and other illegal narcotics, as well as paraphernalia indicative of narcotics manufacturing and distribution, a stolen handgun, and $14,900.
Abdullah was transported to the Ocean County Jail, and subsequently released as a consequence of New Jersey Bail Reform.
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer acknowledged the efforts of Assistant Prosecutor Stephen Burke who is handling the case on behalf of the State, and commended the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Asset Forfeiture Unit, United States Drug Enforcement Administration – HIDTA/MOPOD Group 5, United States Drug Enforcement Administration Aviation Unit, United States Department of Homeland Security, New Jersey State Police-Trafficking Central Unit, New Jersey State Police Hamilton Barracks, Stafford Township Police Department Drug Enforcement Unit, Toms River Township Police Department, Berkeley Township Police Department Detective Bureau, Lakewood Township Police Department, Point Pleasant Borough Police Department, Lacey Township Police Department Detective Bureau, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit, Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Gang, Gun and Narcotics Task Force, Atlantic County SWAT, Hamilton Township Police Department, Atlantic City Police Department, and Atlantic City SWAT, for their combined and collective efforts in connection with this investigation leading to Abdullah’s guilty plea, and soon his state prison sentence.
