A 44-year-old man is alleged to have used the home on 88th Road in Bellerose as a base of operations.
NEW YORK -- The takedown of a massive drug and weapons operations in Queens was thanks to an eagle-eyed contractor brought in to work on a house that police say was being used as a secret lab and storage space for contraband worth millions of dollars.
'As you can see, one simple phone call and we're able to recover all this contraband -- heroin, cocaine, fentanyl,' said Igor Pinkhasov, commanding officer of the NYPD's 105th Precinct.Police said they also recovered loaded guns, including five semi-automatic ghost guns, plus ghost gun kits and 200 rounds of ammunition.Starting in May, investigators say they gathered evidence, including several images that led up to the man's arrest Friday.
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