Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New Jersey Division, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Queens
District Attorney Richard A. Brown and Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced the
seizure of 122 kilograms of narcotics (nearly 270 pounds) with a street value of over $30 million,
including 64 kilograms (over 140 pounds) of pure fentanyl, as a result of two investigations. Four
defendants are charged.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the arrest and indictment of four defendants who worked for a Brooklyn-based drug delivery service and sold crack cocaine, heroin and fentanyl in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bensonhurst, Borough Park and Sunset Park.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the indictment of 13 individuals in connection with schemes to defraud Medicaid and Medicare of millions of dollars, to illegally sell prescriptions for opioid painkillers and to commit money laundering.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the seizure of 55 kilograms of cocaine (121 lbs.) from a fictitious jewelry business operating in
the Diamond District of New York City.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the arrest of three members of a narcotics trafficking group and the seizure of over $4.1 million and three kilograms of heroin (over six pounds) from a storage unit in the Bronx and a U-Haul truck.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the arrest and indictment of three individuals in connection with cocaine smuggling, money laundering, and a defraud scheme.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the sentencing of Deivis Ceballos to 13 years in prison and five years post-release supervision on charges of Conspiracy in the Second Degree, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the arrest and indictment of 13 members of a narcotics trafficking group charged with smuggling large amounts of narcotics from Puerto Rico through the U.S. Mail for distribution in New York City.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the extradition of an alleged Colombian drug trafficker who conspired to smuggle multikilogram quantities of heroin and cocaine to New York City aboard the emblematic Royal Spanish Navy training vessel between April and May of 2014.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the indictment and arrest of seven defendants, including two alleged leaders of a lucrative scheme to forge prescriptions for addictive opioid painkillers and illegally obtain pills from pharmacies for resale on the black market.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced the sentencing of Santino Boderick, 23, to 117 ½ to 130 years in prison for his role in gang warfare between the Brooklyn street crew “GS9” and multiple rivals, which resulted in shootings in New York City and Miami.

Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced the conviction of Steven Bernhard, a former practitioner of osteopathic medicine who sold amphetamine diet pills to patients long after his medical license was revoked for dangerous prescribing practices.