Six people were arrested in New York City on Thursday night after authorities said they uncovered a drug 'mill' that was distributing a large amount of heroin and fentanyl, some of it stamped with 'Coronavirus' and '24 Black Mamba' branding.
The Drug Enforcement Agency announced Friday that six people were arrested in New York City on Thursday night for their alleged involvement in a scheme attempting to distribute heroin and fentanyl branded with references to the coronavirus and basketball star Kobe Bryant.
"Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we arrested six drug traffickers who aptly branded their product 'coronavirus'," DEA Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan said in a press release."Traffickers market their drugs like businesses, branding their product with stamps to attract users, like '24 Black Mamba'; or use an 'Antrax' stamp to designate origins and reference enforcer gangs of the Sinaloa Cartel.
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