Alleged heroin ring busted in the Bronx

7online 07/27/2010 16:38

Authorities in the Bronx have announced a major heroin bust in the Fordham section. Police arrested 31 people, seized more than 1.5 million dollars in cash and seized a large quantity of heroin during raids carried out on Tuesday.

The defendants are allegedly part of a lucrative heroin distribution ring known as "La Perla Organization."

"It's estimated that this operation was dealing about 40-thousand dollars a day on the street, which, if you do the math, comes out to about 14 million dollars annually," Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson said.

A grand jury returned an 82 count indictment charging most of the arrested defendants with conspiracy to distribute narcotics and varying counts of the possession and sale of heroin.

According to investigators, most of those arrested are either Latin King gang members or gang associates.

The alleged ring leaders, Wilson Guerrero (aka Wilson), 48; Antonio Carasquillo (aka Tony), 51; Enrique Esquillin (aka Rick), 45; and Luis Esquillin (aka Gabe), 47, facing a maximum sentence of up to life imprisonment if convicted of the most serious charge under the Drug Kingpin Statute. The arrests are the result of a 9-month-long joint investigation involving the Bronx D.A. Gangs / Major Case Bureau, the NYPD Gang/Major Case Division, the NYPD Bronx D.A. Squad, and the Bronx District Attorney Detective Investigators.

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