THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — A 62-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly running a fentanyl packaging and distribution mill out of an apartment in the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx, said Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan.
According to Brennan, agents and officers with Task Force Group T-14 began investigating Antonio Cabrera earlier this year. Using physical and electronic surveillance, they observed him repeatedly entering and exiting 2075 Morris Avenue, Apt. 3J over the course of a week.
Once the investigation was complete, officers moved in to arrest Cabrera on July 13. According to police, when agents and officers first approached Cabrera’s apartment door, an NYPD K-9 accompanying them alerted officers that drugs were present.
As officers entered the apartment, they allegedly saw Cabrera attempting to toss a handful of powdered drugs out a nearby window. According to police, the powder then became airborne, causing a danger to the additional occupants of the building. The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit and Hazmat Team responded to the scene and evacuated 14 children from two daycare centers on the first floor.
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After Cabrera was taken into custody, the Emergency Service Unit conducted a court-authorized search of his apartment and allegedly seized nearly 10 pounds of fentanyl. Police also allegedly confiscated a number of items used in the processing and packaging of fentanyl, including blenders, glassine envelopes, scales, stamps and inkpads…