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Seventeen people have been arrested — and six more who police are searching for have been charged — in the takedown of an alleged illicit drug manufacturing and distributing ring that authorities say pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of dangerous narcotics into New Jersey neighborhoods. In announcing the takedown Monday, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said the widespread operation included a fully functioning fentanyl mill in Paterson and distribution channels that funneled drugs from Passaic and Somerset counties to destinations throughout Monmouth. In addition to …