A New Jersey man was arrested on the evening of Wednesday, August 26, 2026, as members of law enforcement made an exceptionally large seizure of approximately 266 kilograms of cocaine (over 580 pounds) outside a self-storage facility in Long Island City, Queens as part of an investigation into high level cocaine trafficking in New York City and New Jersey.

Seven individuals were arrested as law enforcement officers disrupted an active fentanyl packaging mill operating in a sixth-floor apartment on Bronx Boulevard in the Wakefield neighborhood of the Bronx on Tuesday night.

Three alleged drug traffickers face charges in connection with using UPS package delivery services to smuggle large loads of cocaine into New York City. Two separate investigations resulted in the seizure of a combined total of 30 kilograms of cocaine (over 66 pounds) in Brooklyn and Manhattan as charged in an indictment and criminal complaint filed by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor (SNP). The cocaine carried an estimated street value of $900,000.

Carlos ALMONTE PALMERS, convicted for his role in an interstate narcotics trafficking organization, received a 14-year prison sentence for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree yesterday afternoon following a jury trial prosecuted by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York. The sentence was imposed in Manhattan Supreme Court by Acting Supreme Court Justice Sara Litman, who presided over the two-week trial that concluded with a conviction on June 26, 2026.

A short-term investigation into a fentanyl packaging and distribution operation led authorities to recover approximately 4.5 kilograms of suspected fentanyl (nearly 10 pounds) from a third-floor apartment at 2075 Morris Avenue, a five-story residential apartment building in the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx.

An indictment filed by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor charges Darryl BULLOCK, of the Bronx, with 35 counts for allegedly overseeing an entrenched narcotics trafficking operation at Harlem’s Lincoln Houses, a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) residential complex.

Four defendants were arrested following a long-term investigation into a drug delivery service that operated out of a luxury apartment building in the Bronx, and distributed cocaine in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn. Approximately 10 kilograms of cocaine (over 22 pounds) carrying a street value of up to $250,000 were recovered during a series of court authorized searches of an apartment and three vehicles on Sunday, May 17, 2026.

Two men were arrested on narcotics possession charges following an investigation that dismantled a major drug stash location near Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. A court authorized search of a residence located at 69 West 164th Street, Apt. 2, yielded a combined total of approximately 2.5 kilograms (over five pounds) of cocaine, ketamine, and MDMA, as well as approximately 30 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms, over 100 pounds of marijuana, and $85,000 cash.

Three large-scale, yet unrelated fentanyl packaging operations were dismantled in the Bronx and Manhattan on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New York Task Force Division (NYTFD), working with the New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office, seized a combined total of approximately 42.5 kilograms of fentanyl (over 90 pounds), carrying an estimated street value of $7.5 million. More than $30,000 cash was also recovered. Two loaded guns were seized from a Washington Heights apartment used for narcotics packaging.

Six men were arrested during a court-authorized search of a fentanyl and heroin packaging mill located inside an apartment in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx. Approximately three kilograms of fentanyl (over six pounds), carrying an estimated street value of over $500,000, was seized during a court-authorized search. The organization also appeared to be bottling counterfeit xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer often found in combination with fentanyl. Narcotics were found spread throughout the mill apartment, including a bag of fentanyl packets inside a baby bouncer seat.

As the New Year begins, I am optimistic. After years of record-high fatal overdoses in New York City, the numbers dropped sharply over the past two years, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Our office, working with partners in law enforcement, health, treatment and education, achieved a sustained, substantial decrease in drug-related fatalities.

Six men were arrested and charged in connection with a fentanyl packaging mill operating inside an apartment building on Grand Concourse in the Bronx. Over six kilograms of fentanyl (13 pounds), carrying an estimated street value of more than $1 million, were recovered from the apartment, including tens of thousands of dosage-sized glassine envelopes ready for distribution. Bulk quantities of cocaine were also recovered from the apartment.