Connecticut Cocaine Ring Busted, Five Indicted

0:00Federal prosecutors just indicted five Connecticut folks for running a cocaine trafficking ring straight from Puerto Rico. We're talking 36-year-old Egado Castro Perez, 38-year-old Rosalind Osorio Soto, both tied to Talland and Puerto Rico, plus. 27-year-old Edgar Castro Perez, 42-year-old Juan Jose Torres, or Tees, and 28-year-old Enrique Arroyo Robles, all from Hartford areas. The Bridgeport Grand Jury dropped this on April 8th. The bus kicked off last June when the FBI's northern Connecticut gang task force teamed up with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. These folks allegedly mailed cocaine packages from Puerto Rico Post offices to central Connecticut spots, where they'd get picked up, stashed, and distributed. Raids hit homes on Merlowe, in Toland, and Willen Drive in Hartford, pulling out at least 12 suspicious parcels, four tested with multiple, kilograms of Coke, cops grabbed four automatic firearms, three semi-auto handguns, ammo, and $133,292 from.

1:08Toland, plus a loaded 45-calibre pistol in Hartford. Everyone faces conspiracy charges to distribute cocaine, with some extras like possession of 500 grams or more. Penalties can mean 10 years minimum up to life for the ring leaders, or five to 40 years for others, serious time if convicted. Most got a rain last week, pleaded nigh guilty, and walked on $50,000 bonds, while Egado Castro Perez stays locked up awaiting his. Turn in Hartford. This takedown shows how they're cracking down on male pipelines, bringing poison to the streets. Local news, powered by AI. This is Hartford News Today.