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Mount Vernon Police Officers Awarded For Role In Seizing Nearly $32M Worth of Cocaine Mount Vernon Police Officers Awarded For Role In Seizing Nearly $32M Worth of Cocaine
Mount Vernon Police Officers Awarded For Role In Seizing Nearly $32M Worth of Cocaine Several members of the Westchester County Police Department have been awarded for their role in seizing almost one ton of cocaine from an airport cargo terminal.  The seizure happened on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, when the Drug Enforcement Task Force Group D-42, which includes members of the WCPD, was surveilling a cargo terminal at Newark Airport as part of a seven-month investigation into a Puerto Rico-based drug trafficking organization, according to a post by Westchester County Police on Monday, Nov. 14.  While conducting surveillance, detectives saw two large pallet…

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