By Nicholas Rondinone, Hartford Courant.
A drug task force seized an $11 million shipment of heroin at a Hartford apartment building Friday, leading to the arrest of two men authorities say were part of a huge drug distribution network based in New York City.
More than 50 pounds of heroin and $75,000 cash were seized in Hartford. Authorities said the drugs were for distribution in Connecticut and other New England states. Authorities said the two men arrested were members of a distribution network that supplied “massive” amounts of drugs worth millions of dollars throughout the Northeast.
“These arrests cut a pipeline moving huge amounts of heroin from New York City to the Northeast,” said Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan of New York. “Through cases like this one, we strive to cut off the supply of heroin at its source. Suppressing the availability of heroin, which is destroying an increasing number of lives, is a top priority.”