WHITE PLAINS, New York (WABC) -- Authorities in Westchester County announced a massive heroin bust Thursday that led to the arrests of 18 suspects and netted $1.5 million in drugs.
The arrests were the culmination of an investigation that began last year but was greatly expanded and accelerated at the beginning of 2017.
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Investigators say the suspects were selling heroin to upwards of 25 individuals in and around White Plains, some of whom purchased heroin on a daily basis.
Some of the suspects were identified as:
--Willie James Edwards, 51, of White Plains
--Otto Armstrong, Sr., 60, of White Plains
--Byron Gaynor, 50, of White Plains
--Alonzo Thompson, 55, of Port Chester
--George Jamison, 47, of White Plains
--Leon Richardson, 62, White Plains
--Francis Brooks, 57, of Elmsford
--Daryl Kyle, 63, of White Plains
--Clifton Monk, 54, of White Plains
--Bernard Pease, 59, of White Plains
--Dwane Stennett, 56, of Yonkers
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They are all charged with felony criminal sale of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a controlled substance and conspiracy.
"The defendants arrested include longtime drug dealers with lengthy felony records," Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., said. "This coordinated, multi-agency effort targeted the right people to take off our streets."
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Police seized a combined total of two loaded handguns, 2.5 kilograms of heroin and more than $100,000 in cash.