Eight arrested for selling fentanyl, cocaine and firearms in Brooklyn

November 13, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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CITYWIDE – NY ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES on Wednesday announced the arrests and indictments of eight suspects — including six Brooklyn residents — in a takedown of a drug and firearm trafficking operation that allegedly sold counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, cocaine and firearms in Brooklyn. Investigators seized more than 5,000 counterfeit pills worth roughly $40,000; 1.3 kilograms of cocaine worth about $39,000; three firearms and a high-capacity magazine. One of the defendants was also charged for his involvement in a March 2024 shooting in Canarsie. The first indictment — unsealed before Kings County Supreme Court Judge Danny Chun — charges the eight individuals with multiple crimes over two separate conspiracies.

The defendants include Jadin Ruth, 23, Brooklyn; Shawn Wiltshire, 38, Brooklyn; Haashim McCorkle 46, Brooklyn; Huby Ramkissoon, 49, Yonkers; Stanley Laureano, 38, Queens ; Christopher McMillian, 20, Brooklyn; Shawn Hill, 54, Brooklyn; and Henry Jones A/K/A Henry James, 56, Brooklyn.

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