Eleven, including two Sunset residents, indicted in connection with narcotics trafficking ring in south Brooklyn
On Tuesday, February 2, 11 individuals, including two Sunset Park residents, were indicted in connection with a narcotics trafficking ring that operated primarily in southern Brooklyn.
The charges include selling cocaine and heroin, including heroin mixed with fentanyl, from June 6, 2017 to Saturday, January 20 of this year.
The narcotics ring was allegedly led by 35-year-old Jorge Valerio of Coney Island. According to the investigation, the suspect operated in Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island and Gerritsen Beach before extending to Sunset Park, Bay Ridge and Staten Island, selling quantities of cocaine and heroin packaged in distinctive blue and white checkered pattern glassine envelopes costing between $100 and $7,000.