Seven individuals were arrested as law enforcement officers disrupted an active fentanyl packaging mill operating in a sixth-floor apartment on Bronx Boulevard in the Wakefield neighborhood of the Bronx on Tuesday night. Approximately four kilograms (eight pounds) of fentanyl mixtures carrying a street value of over $1 million were recovered. Tens of thousands of individual dose glassine envelopes were present, including some stamped with the brand name “Game of Death.”
Yesterday in Manhattan Criminal Court all seven defendants were arraigned on charges contained in two criminal complaints filed by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor (SNP). Charges include Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First, Second, and Third Degrees, and Criminal Use of Drug Paraphernalia in the Second Degree.
Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, Special Agent in Charge Christopher Roberts, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch, and New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James announced the arrests following arraignments…