The allegations are that this network operated a veritable drug store for illegal drugs for a two-state region.
Illegal drugs continue to be a serious problem in New Jersey.
The Attorney General commended the work of a New Jersey State Police trooper who acted in an undercover capacity in the case. The trooper was able to infiltrate the alleged organization and made numerous purchases of illegal drugs from its members that led to the indictment. Attorney General Verniero also commended the work of the Statewide Narcotics Task Force, made up of members of the Division of Criminal Justice and State Police, the Pennsylvania State Police, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, Mt. Laurel and Philadelphia offices, the FBI, Philadelphia Office, the Camden and Gloucester County Prosecutors' Offices, the Gloucester, Washington, Monroe and Winslow Township police departments, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office and the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office. Zoubek said the indictment alleges that Elliott and Virelli were part of four separate conspiracies that allegedly distributed the methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and Valium throughout Atlantic, Camden, Gloucester and Cumberland counties in New Jersey and portions of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania since the early 1990s. Zoubek said that one indictment alleges that Elliot, Virelli and six other defendants conspired to manufacture and distribute large quantities of speed over a five year period.