Atwo-month cooperative investigation into heroin distribution in the Lacey Township area resulted in the arrest late last month of two Barnegat Township residents and a Lacey resident on a variety of drug-related charges.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer saiddetectives from theProsecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force and Lacey Township Police Department were conducting surveillance on a residence when they observed Kevin Smith, 29,and Kyle Frate, 34, both of Barnegat, exiting the…