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Queens men pinched in L.I. heroin bust
BY ANGELA MATUA
amatua@qns.com / @AngelaMatua
Suff olk County police arrested 13 people
who were a part of a heroin and cocaine
distribution network, and some of the
major players were men from Queens.
Oswaldo Alfaro, 35, of Jackson Heights
was the ring leader of the operation and
stored his drugs in two stash houses in
Brentwood and Central Islip. According
to Th omas Spota, Suff olk Country District
Attorney, Alfaro’s main heroin supplier
was Juan Montoya, 27, of Elmhurst. Alfaro
ran his operation out of his home on 73rd
Street between 35th and 37th avenues.
“Oswald Alfaro personally delivered
240 bags of heroin to Central Islip and
to Brentwood at an average of every
three days,” Spota said. “Alfaro collected
approximately $12,000 in cash for these
deliveries, and strictly supervised his network
of runners who would resell the narcotics
to users from 8 in the morning to
midnight every day.”
Alfaro’s main supplier of cocaine
was identifi ed as 37-year-old Giovanni
Delarosa of Little Neck. Spota said Alfaro
was a “task master: he pushed re-sellers
in a way we have not previously seen
and chastised his ’employees’ if sales were
down.”
Police executed search warrants in
Jackson Heights, stash houses in Central
Islip and Brentwood and residences in
Juan Montoya, Oswald Alfaro and Giovani Delarosa from Queens operated a major heroin and cocaine network.
Elmhurst, Little Neck and Corona. Law
enforcement agents recovered $125,000
in cash, three pistols, 1 kilo of heroin,
90 grams of crack cocaine, 195 grams of
marijuana and nine vehicles including an
Aston Martin, a BMW and a Mercedes
Benz.
Th e drugs were sold across Suff olk
County including the communities of
Bohemia, Ronkonkoma, Islip Terrace,
Oakdale and Smithtown.
“Th e Suff olk County Police Department
and the Suff olk County District Attorney’
Offi ce deserve credit for initiating this
investigation into a signifi cant and violent
drug traffi cking ring in Suff olk County,”
said DEA Special Agent James J. Hunt. “As
a result of federal and local law enforcement
working together, the entire drug
network was shut down and will no longer
be a heroin source of supply enabling
addicts and overdoses in Suff olk County.”
Alfaro was charged with one count of
operating as a major drug traffi cker, one
count of second-degree conspiracy, and
two counts of third-degree criminal possession
of a controlled substance. He is
being held on $1 million bail.
Delarosa and Montoya were charged
with one count of second-degree conspiracy.
Walter Dancey, 31, of Brentwood operated
Photo courtesy of Suff olk County Police Department
the stash house in Brentwood and
was charged with one count of operating
as a major traffi cker, one count of second
degree conspiracy and three counts of
third-degree criminal possession of a controlled
substance.
Others arrested in the sting include
Jonathan Aguilar, 26, of Brooklyn; Maria
Alfaro, 34, of Central Islip; Seref Kaatsiz,
41, of Bay Shore; Michael Burmester,
34, of East Islip; Justin Connelly, 34,
of Ronkonkoma; James Kelly, 35, of
Copiague; Frances Kennedy, 44, of
Bay Shore; Richard Olivieri, 34, of East
Northport; and Alex Wenkert, 25, of
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