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Heroin Highway

Friday, January 27, 2012

Update: 3 From Port Jeff Area Charged in Operation Heroin Highway

Major drug bust nets

Of the 161 individuals arrested in last week's heroin bust, 3 were from Port Jefferson and Port Jefferson Station, according the the Queens District Attorney's office. The bust, dubbed "Operation Heroin Highway" played out over the course of a year, originating in Queens and expanding into Nassau and Suffolk Counties. In all, officers seized more than 8,000 glassine envelopes of heroin, more than five kilograms of heroin, 2.7 kilograms of cocaine and five pistols, a shotgun and an assault rifle. "The main defendants are accused of operating as a tightly knit ring that catered almost exclusively to drug buyers from the eastern end of Long Island, virtually turning the Long Island Expressway in the 'Heroin Highway'," Queens District Attorney…

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jennifer sullivan

2:43 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012

Hmm, maybe that why the BIGGER dealers cant gwt caught!   more ›

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