Thirty-two people were charged Monday in five separate indictments tied to what investigators describe as a large-scale narcotics operation flooding the Hub area of the South Bronx with fentanyl, heroin and other drugs.
Officials say the year-long investigation uncovered five drug organizations allegedly operating in and around the busy shopping district near East 149th Street, Third Avenue and Melrose Avenue, an area prosecutors say had become an open-air drug market.
Investigators recovered approximately 30 pounds of fentanyl, 12 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, a kilo of cocaine, five firearms and roughly $100,000 in cash during the investigation and execution of 12 search warrants between June 9 and 11…