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4 Arrested After Troopers Seize 50 Pounds of Pot In School Parking Lot

HUNTERDON COUNTY, N.J. (CBS)—The New Jersey State Police nab four people in the parking lot of a middle school after recovering 50 pounds of marijuana.

State police say they noticed a silver sedan with a Maryland license plate entering the parking lot of the Union Township Middle School last weekend.

Troopers engaged with the suspects after two men could be seen opening their trunks and exchanging packages.

Tyrone Durrant, 34, and Kadian McFarlane, 33, both of of Reading, PA, Chester Fyffe, 47, of Islip, NY, and Sasha Fyffe, 25, of Brooklyn, N.Y. were all charged with possession with intent to distribute, possession with intent to distribute in a school zone, and money laundering.

Fyffe, Durrant and McFarlane were lodged at Hunterdon County Jail on $150,000 bail.

Sasha Fyffe was released pending court.

Troopers also seized $39,000 from a vehicle with Maryland license plates.

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