Overview
- The DEA, NYPD and city prosecutors carried out coordinated raids Wednesday within six hours at two Bronx apartments and one in Washington Heights.
- Officials said the takedown netted about 90 pounds of fentanyl worth roughly $7.5 million, with eight people now charged as investigations continue.
- At a Selwyn Avenue site next to Claremont Park, officers seized about 25 kilograms mixed with xylazine, a veterinary sedative, along with thousands of branded glassines ready for sale.
- In Washington Heights on West 183rd Street, investigators found around 10 kilograms and two loaded guns, including a .357 revolver and a 9mm Beretta.
- At a Prospect Avenue apartment near the Bronx Zoo and two schools, police recovered more than 13 kilograms and $20,000 in cash, and an NYPD K-9 named Mulk was treated for fentanyl exposure and recovered.