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COPS BUST DRUG RING
Prosecutors charge 14 who operated out of Marine Park, Bath Beach hotel rooms
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
Cops busted 14 people in connection
with a Southern Brooklyn
drug ring that has been tied
to a series of overdose deaths,
according to authorities.
The organization — which
operated out of hotel rooms in
Marine Park and Bath Beach
— sold cocaine, heroin, fentanyl,
and other synthetic drugs
on Southern Brooklyn streets,
according to the prosecutor in
charge of the case, who called
the allegations especially heinous
because of the drugs’ lethal
nature.
“This investigation was
prompted by the urgent need to
identify the source of highly potent
drugs that were endangering
lives in South Brooklyn,”
said Special Narcotics Prosecutor
Bridget Brennan. “Fentanyl
and its variations contributed
to half of all overdose deaths in
New York City last year, and removing
these substances from
the black market is a top priority
for our offi ce.”
The investigation began following
a rash of overdose deaths
in Kings County — including
multiple fentanyl-related fatalities
in Canarsie — in June 2017,
according to authorities.
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Pandemonium
Police say a truck driver struck two pedestrians, smashed into a building, and attempted a failed getaway in Bath Beach on May 31. No arrests
were made, and the investigation remains ongoing. For more, see page 12. Photo by Steve Solomonson
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