NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — On Tuesday, officials announced the arrest of 15 alleged gang members and associates who are accused of trafficking large amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs on and around Staten Island.
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The arrests come after a more than 15-month operation called “D-Rail the Corridor” which aimed at taking down offenders in areas where shootings and gang violence has been prevalent.
Authorities focused on Jersey Street in New Brighton which has been notorious for drug dealing and gun violence.
Detectives seized more than 40 grams of cocaine, 3,100 ecstasy pills with methamphetamine, 100 grams of crack cocaine and 360 oxycodone pills.
Through the course of the investigation, the alleged suspects sold to undercover detectives numerous times. Cops said they monitored the gang electronically and with other investigative tools.
Police arrested Durail Miles, Nathaniel Winfield, Juan Laureano, Arthur Williams, Hector Espinosa, Sharif Clark, Steven Malloy, Shann Murria, Wiley Holman, Azjaye Allen, Milton Stilley, Glen Howard, Zaquon Williams, Tavon Ryner and Sefu Luthman during the operation.
“This long-term investigation resulted in the dismantling of a drug-dealing enterprise responsible not only for peddling illegal drugs in our streets but also for spreading much of the violence we have seen in the New Brighton community,” Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon said in a statement to the Staten Island Advance. “My office and our partners in the NYPD will not allow hard-working Staten Islanders to be held hostage by violent gangs and drug dealers, and we remain more determined than ever to rid our communities of this scourge of drug dealing and street violence.”
Aside from two suspects, all of the arrested live in Staten Island. They were all arranged Tuesday in state Supreme Court on different counts of first-, second- and third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, fourth-degree conspiracy and related charges.
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