Eight suspects accused of peddling weapons and medicines in Queens have been arrested as a part of two long-term investigations, the Queens District Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned Thursday.
The suspects ran with two completely different crews in Jamaica that used the identical drug provider to allegedly push fentanyl, heroin and cocaine into the group, officers mentioned.
Among the many suspects was additionally an alleged gun runner, Charles Gillepsie, 19, who bought firearms each week for wherever from $500 to $1,100 every, authorities mentioned.
The primary probe into the crews started in Nov. 2018, with the opposite coming a yr later. They had been collectively carried out by the NYPD and Queens District Lawyer’s Workplace.
Different suspects embrace: Javial Davis, 28, Krya Tyrell, 17, Samuel Wilson, 40, Carlton Powell, 22, Benjamin Williams, 38, Chad Taylor, 40, and Steven Campbell, 37, based on the DA’s workplace.
They had been arraigned Thursday on numerous prices together with conspiracy, felony sale of a managed substance, felony sale of a fireman and different crimes.
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