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FILE – In this Feb. 6, 2017, file photo, New Jersey State Police troopers look in the trailer of a truck flagged for further inspection at the Greenwich weigh station on Interstate 78 in Greenwich Township, N.J. Truck driver Oscar Franco, of Chula Vista, Calif., was sentenced Friday, May 5, 2017, to 10 years in prison for first-degree possession of heroin with intent to distribute, and truck driver Henry A. Cruz Ventura, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty Friday, May 5, 2017, to the same charge, according to New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino. New Jersey State Police arrested Franco on Aug. 14, 2016, and arrested Ventura on Aug. 23, 2016, after seizing drugs during inspections at the weigh station in Greenwich Township, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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New Jersey State Police watch as several people hold signs during a large gathering near the New Jersey Statehouse to show their support for legalizing marijuana Saturday, March 21, 2015, in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) **FILE**

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Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch arrives for a media availability escorted by members of the New Jersey State Police Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J. The Seahawks and the Denver Broncos are scheduled to play in the Super Bowl XLVIII football game Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. (AP Photo)

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A member of the New Jersey state police escorts Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, right, through an area where a media availability was being held at the team's hotel Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J. The Seahawks and the Denver Broncos are scheduled to play in the Super Bowl XLVIII football game Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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A New Jersey State Police swat team member readies a robot to enter a home in which a man had barricaded himself on Friday, May 10, 2013, in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/The Trentonian, Scott Ketterer)

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Michael Mendez is seen in an undated photo provided by the New Jersey State Police. A state police gang unit was searching Mendez's Paterson, N.J., apartment for drugs Thursday, Aug. 8, 2012, when detectives found his 44-year-old girlfriend in a locked bedroom. (AP Photo/New Jersey State Police)

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New Jersey State Police Lt. Michael E. McDonnell finds a counterfeit North Face coat among boxes full of fake name-brand clothing that police seized last month from a vendor at a flea market. (Associated Press)