An alleged kingpin in a major New York City-based fentanyl and heroin trafficking ring was arrested by the NYPD during an early morning raid of his Rye apartment, following a year-long probe that has now led to more than 20 arrests.
The NYPD busted in on the Central Avenue apartment of Jose Garcia at 6:30 a.m. on March 19 and, along with Westchester County police, apprehended the 51-year-old for his alleged role in a network of three interconnected drug rings. The groups, authorities said, distributed “prolific” amounts of crack cocaine and mixtures of fentanyl, heroin and xylazine — an illicit drug known as “tranc” — in a low-income housing complex in Brooklyn and other places.
The drugs have been linked to at least four overdose deaths, prosecutors said…