It was allegedly a delivery service specializing in cocaine, marijuana and prescription drugs, headed by Wesley Gagne and Patrick Graham. Police say 64-year-old Clement Gagne ran the drugs, while his wife Margaret acted as a dispatcher and coordinated things.
Authorities say drops were made in Yonkers, Westchester, the Bronx, Connecticut and New Jersey.
Undercover officers seized weapons and cash hidden in a secret compartment in one suspect's car. They found more stashed in the back of a medicine cabinet. In Graham's garage, they found thousands of dollars of illegal fireworks. In all, 19 people were arrested.
"In any kind of long-term case like this, we're looking at assets," Yonkers police commissioner Edmund Hartnett said. "It's a big part of what we do in a case like this. So we can send a strong message that if you get ill-gotten gains, we're going to take it away from you."
This was a year-long undercover investigation, involving Yonkers police and authorities from Westchester.
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STORY BY: Eyewitness News reporter Kemberly Richardson
WEB PRODUCED BY: Bill King
