LATHAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced the takedown of a multi-state drug trafficking network at a press conference in Latham on Monday. The operation reportedly distributed several hundreds of pounds of drugs throughout New York State.
According to U.S. Attorney John Sarcone III, the 18-month-long investigation began in December 2023, when New York State Police searched a suspected stash house in Niskayuna and found drug paraphernalia and less than one gram of cocaine. Over the course of the following months, authorities reportedly uncovered around 530 pounds of cocaine, 187 pounds of methamphetamine and 700 pounds of marijuana.
On June 12 specifically, authorities conducted searches of 24 locations across New York and in New Jersey, finding more than 550 pounds of cocaine and 10,000 fentanyl pills, the U.S. attorney said. The seized substances were stacked in large piles around Sarcone and the other law enforcement officials at the press conference…