Heroin

Multi-agency crackdown “Operation Slim Chance” leads to indictment of 24

ALBANY, N.Y. (May 8, 2008) - New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the indictment of 24 New Yorkers accused of taking part in a highly organized narcotics distribution organization operating in the Capitol District and supplied from Long Island.

In the indictment unsealed in Schenectady County Court yesterday, a Grand Jury charged 24 people with possession and/or sale of narcotics and conspiracy to sell narcotics. The majority of arrests stemming from the Indictment occurred this morning throughout the Capitol Region. The indictment is the result of a multi-agency investigation known as “Operation Slim Chance,” led by the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF).    » read more »

ANNAPOLIS, MD (February 8, 2008) – Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, joined by Maryland State Police Superintendent Colonel Terrence B. Sheridan and other officials, today hosted a ceremony honoring the efforts of four Maryland state troopers and their K-9 partner who made a record recovery of heroin during a traffic stop in Cecil County earlier this week.    » read more »

January 25, 2008 -- HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation have filed criminal charges against six Pittsburgh and Crawford County residents accused of trafficking and distributing heroin in Northwestern PA.    » read more »

December 11, 2007 -- HARRISBURG - A Gettysburg man, who was allegedly part of a $1 million cocaine and heroin ring, which operated in South Central Pennsylvania was sentenced today to seven to 20-years in state prison and a $30,000 fine.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett said that Tyrone "Will, Styles, Killa" Tengbe, 22, 17 W. Railroad St., Gettysburg was sentenced by Judge Kuhn on charges that he participated in a the trafficking of cocaine and heroin from New York City to Adams and York counties for redistribution.    » read more »

December 13, 2007 -- HARRISBURG - As many as six individuals accused of trafficking more than $1 million worth of heroin throughout Lackawanna County, were arrested today by agents from the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation.

Attorney General Tom Corbett said the investigation, which began in March 2007, focused on the drug trafficking activities of Bobby "Billion" McCarrel Jr., 36, 1507 Luzerne St., Scranton.    » read more »

December 6, 2007 -- Trenton, NJ -- New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced today that five people have been indicted on charges that they operated a heroin production facility in Passaic County.    » read more »

11 Suspected Drug Dealers Charged

November 9, 2007 -- HARRISBURG - A large-scale heroin conspiracy operating in Lewisburg has been broken-up by agents from the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation (BNI), resulting in the arrest of 10 out of 11 suspected drug dealers.

Attorney General Tom Corbett said the investigation focused on the sale and distribution of heroin in Union, Snyder, Northumberland, Berks, Lehigh and surrounding counties in Central Pennsylvania.    » read more »

30 September 2007 -- The head of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency has praised Pakistan as a model for eradicating drug production. But, she says more cooperation is needed from neighboring Afghanistan where record-high poppy production is funding insurgents and threatening regional stability.

The U.S. DEA chief is calling Pakistan a success story in the global war on drugs. Speaking in Islamabad Friday, Karen Tandy said Pakistan was once a heroin supplying country, but is now almost poppy-free.    » read more »

July 11, 2007 -- Paterson, New Jersey – The New Jersey State Police yesterday stopped a car for erratic driving on I-280 and ended up with five arrests, $1 million of heroin and an apartment-based heroin production facility.    » read more »

July 2, 2007 -- AMBRIDGE - A black tar heroin ring was shut down today when 23 out of 27 suspected drug dealers - including ten illegal immigrants - were arrested on charges of trafficking a rare type of heroin in and around Allegheny and Beaver Counties, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett announced the arrests at a press conference at the Ambridge Police Department.    » read more »