$5 million heroin supply chain dismantled, 5 arrested

NEW YORK — Federal agents arrested five men and seized 12 kilograms of heroin – more than 26 lbs – worth at least $5 million dollars, plus $115,000 in cash, two guns and drug paraphernalia. The arrests and seizures follows a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA)’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Strike Force and New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor.

Orlando Rosario-Concepcion, 28, of Paterson, New Jersey, is accused of heading the Bronx and Washington Heights-based drug trafficking organization that supplied local dealers in New York City, upstate counties and Long Island. Jonathan Almonte, 27, Rodolofo Abreu-Crisotomo, 31, Jean Carlos Rosario-Ortiz, 28, Deckson Holguin-Rosario, 28 all from New York, New York are accused of overseeing an alleged heroin packaging mill.

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