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DA: Largest seizure of uncut heroin in Suffolk history
Photo credit: Newsday/Photo by James Carbone | August 4, 2009; Hauppauge, NY: The heroin, seized in major drug bust, weighing 17lbs, was wrapped in plastic and shaped into foot insoles, left. District attorney Thomas Spota and other officials announced the arrest of Abraham Lopez-Perez, 23, and Odir Mora, 30, both of New Jersey, during a press conference at the district attorney's office in Hauppauge Tuesday afternoon.
Largest Seizure of Heroin in Suffolk County History
The largest seizure of uncut heroin in Suffolk County history came in the form of size-11 bricks resembling inserts for boots, Suffolk officials said Tuesday.
The dozen packages of heroin, wrapped in tape and paper and weighing about 17 pounds total, were nearly pure. Once cut, they would have yielded about 500,000 doses with a street value of between $8 million and $10 million, said Suffolk...
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