A six-person drug ring posed as Uber drivers to deliver narcotics to dozens of customers in Manhattan and the Bronx, local and federal government officials alleged on Wednesday.
Alfredo Tejada-Almonte, 34, and five alleged accomplices were arrested by authorities on Tuesday following a year-long investigation, according to News 4 New York.
The other alleged co-conspirators have been identified as Dibanny Cortorreal-Marte, 37; Oscar Tejeda-Almonte, 31; Miguel la-Paz Lugo, 37; and Selena Santos, 22, and Roberto Toribio.
The six face federal drug charges as a result of an alleged operation in which they used fake Uber stickers plastered on their cars to traffic drugs into neighborhoods so as to avoid raising suspicions. Read More…
A six-person drug ring posed as Uber drivers to deliver narcotics to dozens of customers in Manhattan and the Bronx, local and federal government officials alleged on Wednesday.
Alfredo Tejada-Almonte, 34, and five alleged accomplices were arrested by authorities on Tuesday following a year-long investigation, according to News 4 New York.
The other alleged co-conspirators have been identified as Dibanny Cortorreal-Marte, 37; Oscar Tejeda-Almonte, 31; Miguel la-Paz Lugo, 37; and Selena Santos, 22, and Roberto Toribio.
The six face federal drug charges as a result of an alleged operation in which they used fake Uber stickers plastered on their cars to traffic drugs into neighborhoods so as to avoid raising suspicions. Read More…
