MIDDLETOWN, N.Y.—Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on May 1 that an investigation into a narcotics trafficking ring operating in the City of Middletown ended with charges against 17 individuals after law enforcement executed 13 search warrants.
The nine-month investigation, named Operation Slow Motion, ended on April 29 with the seizure of $258,625 in cash, 15 kilograms of cocaine, 16 illegal firearms and a sawed-off shotgun, a kilogram of fentanyl, about 200 grams of liquid Phencyclidine, several hundred ecstasy pills, four vehicles, and $250,000 in jewelry. Police apprehended 15 of the 17 individuals charged, and are looking for the other two.
“The fentanyl, just under one kilogram, has the potential to kill nearly 400,000 people, according to the DEA principle that approximately 2 milligrams has the potential of killing someone,” Hoovler said at the press conference. “Think of that 400,000 people, that’s nearly the population of the county.”…