Agents of the Department of narcotics uncovered a gang of drug dealersoperating near Central Park, said Monday the government.
They seized nearly 20 pounds of a mixture of fentanyl and heroin and arrested four people. The street value of the drugs is estimated at least $ 3 million.
Detectives conducted surveillance of the building near Central Park, Upper West side, when he noticed the suspect, David Rodriguez, got in the car Uber. The agents decided to follow him. After about 15 quarters they stopped the car and, after searching her, found packages of fentanyl and heroin. Rodriguez and the driver was arrested.
According to officials, the agents of Special service of drug enforcement have arrested two more people in the apartment. They searched the apartment and found about 3 pounds of a mixture of fentanyl and heroin, and 1,100 packets of individual doses of powder, marked with the title UBER.
Detectives also found a loaded Beretta 25 caliber.
Those arrested are accused of distribution of a controlled substance and criminal conspiracy.
Fentanyl is approximately 50 times stronger than heroin and more common on the streets of new York. A special agent of the drug enforcement James hunt thinks that fentanyl is the most deadly street drug ever to fall in the city.
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