Ned Lamont’s speeches into videos for broadcast in the pandemic. Hartford police seized narcotics and cash during a drug bust in an area plagued with a recent string of overdose deaths. HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Federal and local authorities have arrested a man they say was a major drug supplier for Connecticut and New York after finding more than 12,000 fentanyl doses and 2 pounds (1 kilogram) of cocaine in his home. The bust at … “A drug that may have been OK yesterday can take your life today,” he said. 2 UConn women to 64-40 win at Georgetown, Editorial: The coronavirus pandemic has derailed Hartford’s resurgence; dramatic measures to change the look and feel of the city are vital to its survival, Connecticut teachers will be vaccinated in March, but unions want shots sooner; CDC says states can make school staff a ‘high priority’. March 21, 2019 Updated: March 21, 2019 5:59 p.m. Facebook Twitter Email. Agents conducting another search on Wednesday of a Franklin Avenue home found another 10 handguns, several of which had been reported stolen. 401, and confiscated the packaged heroin; 11 grams, or .38 of an ounce, or raw heroin; 41 grams, or 1.44 ounces, of crack cocaine and 28 grams, or less than an ounce, of MDMA, or Ecstasy, they said. Drug bust nets federal felon, girlfriend. “These law enforcement officers were clearly at an elevated risk today, but still put themselves in harm’s way to make our city a safer place. HARTFORD — The Hartford Police Department teamed up with the federal government and arrested 26 people in a drug raid early this morning, according to a press release today. Hartford police said they seized 510 bags of heroin, crack cocaine and other drugs Wednesday from a part of the city plagued by a recent rash of fatal overdoses. This morning’s arrest was the latest in a string of “street level, hand-to-hand narcotic purchases and investigations” which resulted in the issuance of 40 arrest warrants, police said. Ramos and Guzman were charged with possession with intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl and crack cocaine. Police said they seized the following: 1600 bags of … Four winter storms will hit Connecticut in the next week. Purchases included fentanyl from Dones and his partner Laureano near Dones’ Montrose Street home and a combination of fentanyl and crack cocaine from Ramos at his Wethersfield Avenue home and from Guzman on Benton Street, according to court records. The dog indicated the presence of narcotics, police said. Jun 06, 2019 at 1:38 PM Hartford police seized narcotics and cash during a drug bust in an area plagued with a recent string of overdose deaths. Four Hartford men were arrested Wednesday as part of the FBI and Hartford Police Department's ongoing crackdown of drug dealing by the Los Solidos and Latin Kings street gangs in the capital city's South End. Over the past several months, members of the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force and Hartford police conducted several controlled purchases of drugs from each of the men, prosecutors said. Ada, OK. All four were charged with several possession and distribution charges of either fentanyl or crack cocaine after police seized thousands of bags of fentanyl, tens of thousands of dollars in cash and a dozen handguns during morning raids across the city. 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The overdoses started on Saturday, when nine people in the city were saved by naloxone, the opioid antidote, police said. 877-873-4983. Hartford police said they busted nine suspects for drug charges following an operation that happened on Thursday. The UConn men were optimistic about James Bouknight’s recovery. A New Hartford drug raid resulted in an arrest and the seizure of 14 ounces of cocaine and $26,500 in cash, according to the Oneida County Drug Enforcement Task Force. The group was also operating a heroin mill from an apartment at 22 Atwood St. in Hartford, as well as apartments where drugs and money were stashed elsewhere in … NEW YORK >> More than 24 kilos of heroin were seized in a bust that shut down a drug ring that was a key supplier to Connecticut, authorities said Monday in a press release. 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