Handcuffs, Counterfeit Cash, Various Drugs Recovered From Car: Police

OCEANSIDE, NY — A New Jersey man was arrested on Thursday night in Oceanside on charges of controlled substances and weapons, Nassau police said.

Joseph Zuziela, 43, was arrested just before midnight without incident.

During a traffic stop in the vicinity of Oceanside Road and Merrick Road, officers recovered various paraphernalia including handcuffs, a gold badge and multiple police uniforms. Zuziela was also in possession of a metal baton, metal knuckles, metal knuckle knives, counterfeit money, miscellaneous gun parts, and ammunition, police said.

In addition, police recovered a white powdery substance, believed to be cocaine; glassine envelopes containing a tan powdery substance believed to be heroin; a red liquid substance believed to be methadone and assorted pills believed to dextroamphetamine, authorities said.

Zuziela has an open arrest warrant out of Somerset County, New Jersey, for which he will be extradited, Nassau police said.

He is charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and an arrest warrant: Fugitive from Justice. Zuziela was expected to be arraigned on Friday.