DEA dismantled three fentanyl packaging mills in the Bronx and Manhattan, seizing 42.5 kg of fentanyl worth $7.5M and arresting eight suspects.
Authorities in New York have dismantled three large fentanyl packaging operations in the Bronx and Manhattan, seizing more than 42 kilograms (about 90 pounds) of the deadly opioid in a coordinated crackdown.
The raids were carried out on April 8, 2026, by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Task Force Division working alongside local and state law enforcement. Investigators seized fentanyl with an estimated street value of $7.5 million, along with cash and firearms.
Officials said the three drug operations were running independently but were located within a three-mile radius of each other, with two in the Bronx and one in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood.
The sites were discovered inside residential apartment buildings where traffickers were processing and packaging fentanyl into thousands of small glassine envelopes ready for street distribution.
Investigators recovered:
- Approximately 42.5 kg of fentanyl
- Two loaded firearms
- More than $30,000 in cash
- Equipment used to process and package narcotics, including scales, presses, blenders, and branded stamps for the drug packets.
Some of the stamped packets carried names such as “War Zone” and “Taliban,” according to investigators.
Authorities arrested eight suspects connected to the three operations following court-authorized searches conducted within a six-hour period.
One of the packaging locations in the Bronx was located near two schools and the Bronx Zoo, raising concerns about the risks posed to nearby residents and children.
During one of the searches, an NYPD narcotics detection dog named Mulk showed symptoms of fentanyl exposure after alerting investigators to drugs inside one apartment.
The dog was treated with Narcan, a medication used to reverse opioid overdoses, and later recovered.
Officials say the dismantled operations highlight how traffickers use residential buildings as drug processing hubs to prepare fentanyl for street distribution.
Authorities are continuing to investigate whether the mills were connected to larger drug trafficking networks operating in the region.
DEA officials said removing the drugs from circulation could potentially prevent millions of lethal doses from reaching the streets.
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