Authorities in New York State announced on Friday “a major heroin and fentanyl takedown” involving a record seizure of drugs with a street value of more than $13 million.
State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s office said the seizure of 33 kilograms of heroin and 2 kilograms of fentanyl is the largest in the nearly five-decade history of the state’s Organized Crime Task Force.
The investigation, known as “Operation Dirty Dope,” began after a complaint from State Police about a spike in the heroin trade in Brentwood and led to the disruption of a national smuggling ring, according to Schneiderman’s office.
Some of the drugs were distributed in Suffolk County, said Doug Cohen, a spokesman for the attorney general.Among the 25 people indicted in the case are residents of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, officials said.
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