NYPD arrests Rye drug boss

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An alleged kingpin in a major New York City-based fentanyl and heroin trafficking ring was busted by the NYPD during an early morning raid of his Rye apartment.

The shocking arrest of Jose Garcia in the idyllic Westchester suburb concludes more than a year-long probe launched by the NYPD in February 2024 that has now yielded 23 arrests and the seizure of 18 guns.

Garcia, 51, was apprehended in his Central Avenue apartment by the NYPD, along with Westchester County police, at 6:30 a.m. on March 19 for his alleged role in a network of three drug rings. The groups, authorities said, distributed "prolific" amounts of crack cocaine and mixtures of fentanyl, heroin and xylazine -- an illicit drug known on the street as "tranc" -- in a low-income housing complex in Brooklyn and other places.

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The drugs have been linked to at least four overdose deaths, prosecutors said.

Garcia, who is married with four children, allegedly ran a fentanyl and heroin trafficking organization, operating out of New York City and Westchester, according to prosecutors.

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