Nine arrested in Oneonta drug bust

The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y.
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Nov. 7—State Police said nine people were arrested after a pair of drug raids at an Oneonta motel.

According to a media release, numerous arrests were made and drugs were seized after search warrants were executed at Budget Inn Motel on Oneonta's Southside.

An investigation conducted by the Troop C Violent Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team and the city of Oneonta Police Department began after numerous complaints of drug activity and overdose investigations, the release said.

Members of Troop C Violent Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team and the Oneonta Police Department, with the assistance of the Community Stabilization Unit, Troop C Counter Intelligence Unit, members of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, uniformed troopers and members of the Special Operations Response Team "executed numerous search warrants" on Nov. 3 and 4 at the motel on state Route 23 in the town of Oneonta.

Troopers said nine people were arrested for charges including A-II criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, class B felony criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, class E felony criminal nuisance in the first degree and class A misdemeanor criminal trespass in the second degree.

State Police Troop C spokeswoman Trooper Aga Dembinska said Monday that names of those arrested are not yet being released "as it will jeopardize our continued investigations."

Items seized, according to the release, included:

—About 14 grams of methamphetamine;

—About 3.5 grams of cocaine;

—About 130 grams of heroin/fentanyl;

—About five grams of crack cocaine;

—About 100 individual glassine envelopes of heroin packaged for sale;

—About 86.5 grams of ecstasy pills;

—About two grams of methamphetamine/fentanyl;

—Syringes loaded with heroin/fentanyl;

—Suboxone strips;

—Clonazepam pills;

—Unidentified pills;

—Packaging materials and scales.

Police said the investigation is ongoing.

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