Subject: Mullica arrests 3 on drug charges: From Press staff reports; Police arrested three Hammonton residents on drug charges after a raid Wednesday. Undercover officers made several purchases of cocaine from508 Arrow Road, Hammonton, township police said in a press release Monday. After the purchases, police obtained a warrant and arrested two men from that residence. Thomas L. Hepburn, 50, was charged with two counts of possession and distribution of cocaine, police said. He was lodged at Atlantic County jail on $20,000 cash bail. Harry Tennant, 26, was cha(r)ged with possession and distribution of cocaine in a quantity of less than half an ounce, police said. He was lodged in the jail on $10,000 cash bail. Police made two other arrests. Virgil Buckman, 34, was charged with possession of marijuana and released. Audry Hawkins, 39, of Galloway Township was lodged in the jail on an outstanding warrant for unpaid child support. The Atlantic County Emergency Response Team and State, Pleasantville and Egg Harbor City police assisted at the scene.

RESPONSE: Hepburn and Tennant are Mullica Township residents. The house at 508 Arrow is in Wharton Park which is in Mullica Twp. although the mailing address is Hammonton.