2006 Media Releases:

CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
VINCENT P. SARUBBI, CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR
MEDIA   INFORMATION

January 14, 2006

Thirty-three people were arrested on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006, during an undercover drug operation
targeting would-be buyers in East Camden.

The reversal operation, in which narcotics officers pose as drug dealers and arrest people trying to buy
drugs, was conducted by the Joint Camden Task Force of the Philadelphia-Camden High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force. It took place at 25th and High streets.

Of the 33 people arrested, 11 are Camden residents. The other 22, or 67 percent, are from outside the
city, mostly from suburban South Jersey communities. That figure is consistent with past reversal
operations. Historically, more than 60 percent of those arrested attempting to buy drugs in the city are
from outside Camden.

Those arrested were charged with Attempt to Obtain a Controlled Dangerous Substance, a third-degree offense carrying a maximum five-year prison term. They were issued summonses for future court appearances.

Reversal operations like the one conducted Thursday aim to reduce demand for illegal drug. Narcotics
trafficking fuels much of Camden’s crime.

All persons charged with criminal offenses are presumed innocent unless and unil proven guilty in a
court of law.