Attorney General (AG) for New York, Letitia James, has announced that 17 people have been indicted for their roles in a massive drug trafficking network throughout Central New York. According to James, the drug network distributed fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. The drug network encompassed Onondaga, Oneida, Madison, Cortland, and Tompkins counties.
The Attorney General Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) led the investigation, which resulted in the discovery of 23 pounds of fentanyl worth $625,000, the task force’s largest single seizure of fentanyl powder. Law officials also discovered about 4 pounds of cocaine for $125,000 and more than 12 pounds of meth worth $32,000.
AG James said the 23 pounds of fentanyl discovered is enough to kill one New Yorker every 6 seconds for a year…