NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Authorities say they've broken up a large drug delivery service catering to customers in southern Brooklyn.
New York City special narcotics prosecutors say the service was doing as much as $8,000 in sales every day, and up to $50,000 a week.
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A long-term investigation led to the arrests of 14 people. Authorities say undercover officers made over 50 purchases in Midwood, Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, and Mill Basin.
Authorities say the crew was led by William Barrous, 27, and Emmanuel Batista, 28.
“The accused drug kingpins who headed this drug delivery service were businessmen who cared only for their bottom line: profits. They oversaw a workforce that commuted from Queens to Brooklyn seven days per week and worked in shifts. Showing utter disregard for the damage inflicted on customers’ lives, the ring sold more than $100,000 in heroin, cocaine and the dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl each month. Money was the sole concern as evidenced by bags of cash recovered from one of the drug ring’s leaders,” Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan said.
A December raid on Barrous' Fresh Meadows home turned up two loaded guns, seven kilograms of heroin and cocaine, $796,000 cash, ammunition, drug packaging equipment, and jewelry, the indictment says. A raid the same day at Batista's home netted heroin, cocaine, nearly $7,500 in cash, jewelry, designer handbags, and a Land Rover.
Prosecutors say Alberto Henriquez served as a driver for the operation, picking up drug runners from their homes in Queens to make deliveries in Brooklyn. The vehicle was allegedly outfitted with a trap door that allowed the gang to store and transport drugs and money.