$6 Million Worth of Fentanyl Seized in North Philly, Breaking Up Trafficking Network

This week, police in North Philadelphia were able to break up a drug trading network in Philadelphia.

They were also able to take 41 pounds of fentanyl and xylazine, a drug used to calm animals. Together, these items were worth almost $6.2 million.

Law enforcement officers used search warrants to go into a house and garage on the 2800 block of North Franklin Street and arrested seven people, according to a press statement from Dave Sunday, Attorney General of Pennsylvania.

These people were named because they were found packing the drugs. Investigators say that some arrests were also made during car stops.

The office of the attorney general says that the people who were packing fentanyl tried to destroy the proof by throwing it into a sink.

This would spread the drugs through the air, putting the police officers at the scene at risk. The misuse of multiple police officers led to their treatment, and they were then let go.

The search orders were carried out by the Attorney General’s office, the Philadelphia Police Department, Homeland Security, the Pennsylvania State Police, the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office, and other police departments.

The people arrested in the drug bust were Francisco Quesada, 40, Juan Fransella, 36, Rony Molina-Rodriquez, 29, Alexander Rodriquez Crouset, 38, Victor Jose Herrera Castillo, 33, Alexi Quesada Herrera, 44, and Juan Ortiz, 37. They were all charged with being part of corrupt organizations, having drugs with the intent to deliver, and other crimes.

Investigators think that at least 200,000 doses of fentanyl were going to be sent to people in the Pittsburgh area on February 1.

Additionally, the police found $185,000 that they thought belonged to drug sales.

Sunday said, “We can’t say enough about how dangerous fentanyl is or how well the police worked in this case. They saved the lives of many Pennsylvanians who these drug dealers were trying to get money from,” “We stopped the transport of hundreds of thousands of doses that could have killed people that were on their way to communities across the Commonwealth.” I applaud the police officers who put themselves in danger to stop this trafficking operation. I’m glad no one was badly hurt.

When these things happen, the Drug Strike Force Section of the Office of the Attorney General will be in charge of bringing charges.

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