MIDDLETOWN, N.Y.—Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on May 1 that an investigation into a narcotics trafficking ring operating in the City of Middletown ended with charges against 17 individuals after law enforcement executed 13 search warrants.
The nine-month investigation, named Operation Slow Motion, ended on April 29 with the seizure of $258,625 in cash, 15 kilograms of cocaine, 16 illegal firearms and a sawed-off shotgun, a kilogram of fentanyl, about 200 grams of liquid Phencyclidine, several hundred ecstasy pills, four vehicles, and $250,000 in jewelry. Police apprehended 15 of the 17 individuals charged, and are looking for the other two.
