A Hampton Bays man was among nearly two dozen people arrested this week in what Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota’s office termed a “table-top” heroin distribution ring spanning Suffolk, Nassau, Queens and Bronx counties.
The network—called a “table-top” because a stash house used by dealers contains no furniture other than a table and chairs where drugs are prepared—was based in Queens and supplied roughly 15,000 bags of the highly addictive narcotic to users in Suffolk County per week, Mr. Spota’s office said. Over the course of a 16-month investigation by the D.A.’s office and the narcotics section of the Suffolk County Police Department, the ring delivered about one million bags of heroin into the county, they said.
Ryan Walsh, 27, of Hampton Bays was charged with conspiracy in the second degree,... more
The network—called a “table-top” because a stash house used by dealers contains no furniture other than a table and chairs where drugs are prepared—was based in Queens and supplied roughly 15,000 bags of the highly addictive narcotic to users in Suffolk County per week, Mr. Spota’s office said. Over the course of a 16-month investigation by the D.A.’s office and the narcotics section of the Suffolk County Police Department, the ring delivered about one million bags of heroin into the county, they said.
Ryan Walsh, 27, of Hampton Bays was charged with conspiracy in the second degree,... more
