The Drug Enforcement Agency, on Monday, made a major drug
bust in the Bronx.
The DEA seized 110 kilograms of heroin, fentanyl and
cocaine, 50 pounds of a substance believed to be crystal meth and 75,000
counterfeit pills believed to contain fentanyl.
Authorities also arrested and charged Julio Mota
Plasencia with operating as a major trafficker. All of the seized paraphernalia
is estimated to be worth $24 million.
The special prosecutor described the Mount Hope apartment
Plasencia used as “an Amazon warehouse” for lethal drugs in New York City and
surrounding areas.”
The DEA’s New York Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Strike
Force conducted the investigation that officials say show a new normal for drug
traffickers – a variety of hard drugs and the inclusion of fentanyl, the most
dangerous and addicting synthetic opioid responsible for cause 78% of opioid
deaths in New York City.