A Brick Township father and son are facing numerous drug distribution and weapons charges following a multi-agency investigation that led to the seizure of large quantities of narcotics, firearms, and cash.
According to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, investigators intercepted a package on June 16 containing approximately 15 grams of cocaine that had allegedly been purchased through the dark web using cryptocurrency. The package was addressed to 35-year-old Ryan Weil at his Brick Township residence.
Detectives obtained a court-authorized search warrant and, working undercover, delivered the package to the home before executing the warrant. Authorities say they recovered the package along with approximately 20 pounds of marijuana, quantities of heroin, methamphetamine, Xanax, MDMA, oxycodone, ketamine, LSD, drug distribution paraphernalia, three shotguns, one rifle, two handguns, and roughly $34,000 in cash.
Ryan Weil and his father, 74-year-old Kenneth Weil, were taken into custody without incident and charged with multiple narcotics distribution, drug possession, firearms, conspiracy, and financial facilitation offenses.
Ryan Weil remains lodged in the Ocean County Jail after a judge ordered him detained pending trial. Kenneth Weil was released under New Jersey’s bail reform laws following his initial court appearance.
The investigation was conducted by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force in coordination with the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office, the Brick Township Police Department, and the Manchester Township Police Department.
