Hoping he gets released so we can clear things up expeditiously.'Īttorneys for most of the other defendants which had counsel listed in court records did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday night. Navarro Gray, a lawyer for Fetty Wap, said: 'We pray that this is all a big misunderstanding. If charged, the defendants face a maximum of life in prison. They have all been charged with conspiring to distribute and possess controlled substances. 30, while the other defendants were taken into custody in October. Search warrants executed during the investigation recovered about $1.5 million in cash, 16 kilograms of cocaine, two kilograms of heroin, numerous fentanyl pills, two handguns, a rifle, a pistol, and ammunition. 'We will continue to work nonstop with our law enforcement partners to keep our neighborhoods safe from the scourge of dangerous drugs and gun violence.' Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, in a statement. 'As alleged, the defendants transported, distributed and sold more than 100 kilograms of deadly and addictive drugs, including heroin and fentanyl, on Long Island, deliberately contributing to the opioid epidemic that has devastated our communities and taken too many lives,' said Breon Peace, U.S. Five of the defendants are accused of using firearms to protect their drug organization and distribution chain, prosecutors said. The drugs were then allegedly distributed to dealers who sold them on Long Island and New Jersey. The defendants obtained narcotics on the West Coast and used the postal service and 'drivers with hidden vehicle compartments' to transport the drugs to Suffolk County where they were stored, according to a press release by the U.S. They are all accused of running what prosecutors described as a 'multimillion-dollar bicoastal drug distribution organization' with Suffolk County as their home base, county District Attorney Timothy Sini said in a statement.Īccording to an indictment, the organization ran from about June 2019 to June 2020.

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