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Drug Raids
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Smackdown
: 23 Arrested In Takedown Of PA Heroin Ring That Caused Weekend Of 100 Overdoses
A major drug ring that supplied mass amounts of tainted heroin that made NARCAN ineffective and caused more than 100 overdoses in just one weekend has been dismantled, authorities in Berks County announced. "Operation SmackDown" was launched in September 2021, when the 101 heroin/fentanyl overdoses overwhelmed Reading's hospital systems and left three victims dead and the rest with life-threatening symptoms, Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams said at a press conference. A leading addiction doctor called the overdoses an "outright poisoning," Adams said. The symptoms caused low he…
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Drug-Raiding Paterson Police Uncover Major Cockfighting Ring: 50 Roosters, Steroids, More
Nearly 50 roosters were being rounded up Wednesday after Paterson police out on a series of citywide pre-dawn drug raids discovered a major cockfighting ring at the end of a dead-end street. Police arrested eight people and seized $2,300 in illegal proceeds, three bags of pot, two THC vape pipes and five Oxycodone pills during a 1 a.m. raid at the Sixth Avenue location, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They also confiscated illegal steroids that Speziale said were being used to pump up the roosters, along with protective gear attached to some of their beaks. The roosters – some …