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Acting Peekskill Police Chief Eric Johansen said he did not want to confirm the amount of heroin since the investigation is ongoing and more arrests may be made.
“All I can say is that it’s more than 8 ounces and that it’s being analysed in the Westchester County lab,” Johansen said.
Ruben Contreras, 39 and Elias Dias-Vargas, 39, were charged with first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A felony, and second-degree criminal facilitation, a class C felony.
Nestor Figueira, 41, Urias Portilla-Espinoza, 22, and Freddy Garcia, 27, were charged with second-degree criminal facilitation, a class C felony:
"Working in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security and the Westchester County Police, we arrested five individuals on various drug charges for the possession of over 8 ounces of heroin,” Johansen said in a statement released Friday afternoon.
Johansen declined to say where the arrests took place or the exact time, only saying that they took place sometime in the afternoon.
Peekskill Mayor Mary F. Foster also released a statement on the arrests:
"Illegal drugs are not tolerated in Peekskill,” Foster said. “Our police department will continue to work proactively to ensure that Peekskill is a safe place to live, work, visit and enjoy."
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