Massive Amount of Cocaine Worth About $10 Million Seized as 35-Year-Old Taken Into Custody

A New Jersey man was arrested after authorities seized approximately 266 kilograms — more than 580 lbs — of cocaine in a massive drug bust. The drugs have an estimated street value of $10 million.

New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced at a press conference held Friday, August 28, that this was the “NYPD’s largest cocaine seizure in at least a decade.”

At approximately 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, investigators observed 12 brown cardboard boxes inside a van and another seven on the ground beside it, Tisch said at the press conference. A K-9 alerted authorities of the presence of narcotics…

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