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A south Bronx drug lab that apparently doubled for cockfighting in a residential Highbridge building is no more.
DEA agents alongside the NYPD raided the basement of 136 W. 170th Street on Friday, June 19, seizing three industrial pill press machines which were used to form counterfeit pills from illicit drugs, over two and half pounds of suspected heroin, 34 grams of suspected fentanyl and approximately five pounds of methamphetamine, which included a pound of crystal meth and approximately 1,600 blue methamphetamine pills, according to the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.
“This is the first time our office has seen an illegal pill production operation of this scale, with three active pill presses,” said Bridget G. Brennan.
“The lethal combination of heroin, fentanyl and methamphetamine, disguised as familiar pills, would have put unsuspecting users at grave risk of overdose,” she added.
To the shock of agents, an estimated 30 to 50 roosters and chickens that authorities believe were being bred for cockfighting were discovered in the basement as well.
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https://www.amny.com/police-fire/dea-busts-major-narcotics-lab-that-doubled-for-cockfighting-in-the-south-bronx/
DEA agents alongside the NYPD raided the basement of 136 W. 170th Street on Friday, June 19, seizing three industrial pill press machines which were used to form counterfeit pills from illicit drugs, over two and half pounds of suspected heroin, 34 grams of suspected fentanyl and approximately five pounds of methamphetamine, which included a pound of crystal meth and approximately 1,600 blue methamphetamine pills, according to the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.
“This is the first time our office has seen an illegal pill production operation of this scale, with three active pill presses,” said Bridget G. Brennan.
“The lethal combination of heroin, fentanyl and methamphetamine, disguised as familiar pills, would have put unsuspecting users at grave risk of overdose,” she added.
To the shock of agents, an estimated 30 to 50 roosters and chickens that authorities believe were being bred for cockfighting were discovered in the basement as well.
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https://www.amny.com/police-fire/dea-busts-major-narcotics-lab-that-doubled-for-cockfighting-in-the-south-bronx/
