Narcotics Investigations in Western Orange County Lead to 6 Arrests

A police squad car parks outside Port Jervis Police Department in Port Jervis, N.Y., on Sept. 5, 2022. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y.—Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler and local police chiefs on April 3 announced six arrests following months-long investigations into drug trafficking networks in the western region of the county.

All arrests were made in the city of Port Jervis and the town of Deerpark. During executions of court-authorized search warrants, police also seized illicit drugs such as cocaine and fentanyl; sales tools for measuring and packaging narcotics; and two illegally possessed handguns.