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Ruff Ryder co-CEO Darrin "Dee" Dean was hit with various drugs and weapons charges, after police found over a kilo of cocaine in a customized SUV traveling on a parkway in New Jersey on Thursday (May 31). Palisades Interstate Parkway police stopped a southbound, customized Chevrolet van for having a broken taillight on the Palisades Interstate Parkway, near Englewood Cliffs. When police approached the vehicle, they noticed the strong scent of marijuana. Police said the driver, Jerry Gilbert, was leaving the Suffern, New York home of Darrin Dean, who was a passenger in the van. A detective called to the scene uncovered a trap door built into the rear wall of the customized van. When the floor of the compartment was lowered, 1 1/2 kilos of cocaine and a loaded .45 were recovered. Gilbert and Dean were charged with with possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of a handgun and possession of a handgun while conducting narcotics violations.

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