Eleven People Arrested in Major Hudson Valley Cocaine Bust

A major drug operation was busted and it involved the Hudson Valley in a big way.

Ten residents of the Hudson Valley find themselves facing a minimum of ten years in prison each after charges of selling cocaine in Orange, Ulster and Sullivan counties, according to the Times-Herald Record.

We're talking big amounts of coke, here; for one customer "100 grams every two to four weeks, and later a quarter-kilo every two to four weeks." Yes. That was to one customer in particular.

A whole lotta' people slingin' a whole lotta' cocaine:

Charged with narcotics conspiracy are Cheyenne Simpson, 40, Lashanta Mendoza, 32, and Michael Brands, 33, of Vernon, N.J.; Pedro Barbosa, 41, of Port Jervis; Edwin Delmoral, 36, of the Town of Wallkill; Gennaro Costagliola, 32, of Bloomingburg; Jason Keating, 38, of Ellenville; and Rosa Barbosa, 37, and James Christiano Jr., 43, both of Middletown. Charged with distribution and intent to distribute cocaine are Eliseo Llanos, 35, of Mountaindale and Thomas Garcia, 45, of the Bronx. Garcia is also charged with distribution of heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of narcotics trafficking.

 

I imagine the whole operation was a lot like this: