NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A Long Island man was indicted for operating as a major trafficker after feds found enough fentanyl to kill 3.5 million people—more than the population of Nassau and Suffolk counties combined, prosecutors announced on Friday.
Remon Gibson, 43, of Bellport, was busted after police allegedly found 33 pounds of illegal narcotics, including nearly seven kilograms of fentanyl and eight kilograms of cocaine in his home, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said.
“The amount of deadly narcotics seized in this operation is staggering,” Tierney said. “There was enough Fentanyl here to kill every man, woman, and child on Long Island.”
According to the investigation, on Sept. 25, police assigned to the District Attorney’s Fentanyl Task Force executed a search warrant at a residence in Bellport.
Police found fentanyl, cocaine in brick form, about half a kilogram of xylazine, and various types of drug paraphernalia. Authorities allegedly seized around $80,000 in cash, a drug ledger, and kilo presses, including one with plates used for bricks of fentanyl and cocaine, stamped “COVID 19”, prosecutors said.
A large quantity of fentanyl was also found on a nightstand in Gibson’s bedroom, next to a room occupied by his two minor children. Cocaine was also allegedly found hidden in a trap behind a backyard shed, according to court documents.
On Oct. 9, Gibson was arraigned on the indictment for operating as a major trafficker, criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminally using drug paraphernalia, and endangering welfare of a child.