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NYC authorities seize 250 pounds of drugs worth $24M in major bust (Bronx)
nypost ^ | 6/29/2022 | Larry Celona

Posted on 06/29/2022 7:44:17 PM PDT by bitt

More than 250 pounds of various drugs worth roughly $24 million were seized in a major Bronx bust as a top Drug Enforcement Administration federal agent warned New York is “under siege” with a flood of deadly drugs.

About 110 kilograms of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine, in addition to 50 pounds of crystal meth and up to another 75,000 counterfeit pills believed to contain fentanyl were confiscated from a stash apartment in the Mount Hope neighborhood, authorities said.

“Data doesn’t lie, New York is under siege by criminal drug networks flooding our city streets with fentanyl, killing people at record rates,” said DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Frank Tarentino.

“This significant seizure proves that today’s traffickers have all the ingredients to make toxic cocktails for retail sales, deliberately blinding the users of what they are really getting.”

In statements, NYC’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan said the apartment served as an “Amazon warehouse” for lethal drugs in the city while Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell both referred to the drugs as poison.

“This seizure illustrates what we are up against in the Bronx with traffickers bringing vast amounts of poisonous drugs that devastate communities here and in the metropolitan area,” Clark said.

Once authorities from a DEA task force that involves local, state and federal officers entered the home Monday evening, they arrested Mota Plasencia after he fled to the back of the unit. Officers found him with about 20 kilos of narcotics nearby, authorities said.

Plasencia, 39, was charged with operating as a major trafficker and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance as bags of drugs were found throughout the apartment.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: bronx; drugs; majorbust

1 posted on 06/29/2022 7:44:17 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 06/29/2022 7:44:52 PM PDT by bitt ( <img src=' 'width=50%> )
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To: bitt

3 posted on 06/29/2022 7:45:35 PM PDT by bitt ( <img src=' 'width=50%> )
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To: bitt

Perps to be released on recognizance?
They’ll be having lunch with the NYT clowns and the pretend mayor tomorrow explaining their “pronouns”.


4 posted on 06/29/2022 7:47:33 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: bitt

Don’t forget the 10 percent for The Big Guy!

Hunter needs more hookers! *SMIRK*


5 posted on 06/29/2022 7:47:37 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: bitt

Aw christ...

Now AOC will have to get an Uber to Queens for her nose candy.


6 posted on 06/29/2022 7:54:31 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: bitt

Yike!


7 posted on 06/29/2022 8:11:40 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: bitt

But I thought drugs were against the law. Surely New Yorkers who are overwhelmingly in favor of gun control would not but dangerous illegal drugs.


8 posted on 06/29/2022 8:13:21 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: bitt

only a five year old
believes any of this


9 posted on 06/29/2022 8:20:23 PM PDT by RockyTx
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To: bitt

Let me guess....the perps are already free?


10 posted on 06/29/2022 8:22:05 PM PDT by G Larry (Anybody notice that Satan is hard at work?)
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To: bitt

I think that’s the libtard plan - replace the junkies with illegals 🤪


11 posted on 06/29/2022 8:31:41 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: bitt

Is there any city in the US run by Dems that is not a complete and total sh*thole?


12 posted on 06/29/2022 8:56:59 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: bitt

Hochul and company will have them out in no time!


13 posted on 06/29/2022 8:58:14 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Signalman

None. Not a one.


14 posted on 06/29/2022 8:58:38 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: bitt

Out on penny or no bail within hours. Same as California.


15 posted on 06/29/2022 9:17:33 PM PDT by Skid289
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To: bitt

Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.


16 posted on 06/30/2022 12:07:06 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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Great subreference, thanks


17 posted on 06/30/2022 3:15:42 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: bitt
“This significant seizure proves that today’s traffickers have all the ingredients to make toxic cocktails for retail sales, deliberately blinding the users of what they are really getting.”

Yes, people should always go to reputable sources for their toxic drugs, such as Pfizer and Moderna.

18 posted on 06/30/2022 3:18:34 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (We are living in 1984. We have always been living in 1984.)
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To: bitt

Bragg is on it Im sure he was released on good behavior when areested


19 posted on 06/30/2022 3:56:46 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: bitt

The bitch set me up?.


20 posted on 06/30/2022 8:03:48 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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