The complaint said Nunez and her boyfriend admitted after their arrests that Nunez had been receiving packages addressed to her route that she knew contained controlled substances from a drug trafficking organization in Puerto Rico.
A mail carrier used her daily route to move cocaine shipments in falsely addressed packages on behalf of a drug trafficking organization based in Puerto Rico, federal authorities said Tuesday.
The U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey said Christina Nunez has admitted receiving packages of cocaine from Puerto Rico and passing them to a co-conspirator in Camden.
Nunez, her hair in French braids and wearing prison scrubs, was appointed a public defender Tuesday during her initial appearance in a Newark federal courtroom. She didn’t enter a plea. She later was released on $100,000 bail and is subject to electronic monitoring.
Prosecutors say Nunez, who was assigned to a post office in Secaucus, was responsible for moving more than 18 kilograms of cocaine from October 2010 until her arrest on Aug. 24. The 30-year-old from Lyndhurst is charged with conspiracy with intent to distribute cocaine and mail theft. A spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service said her employment status following her arrest was not immediately known.
Her boyfriend also has been arrested and charged.
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office said the approximate street value of the drugs wasn’t immediately available.
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