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It's no secret that Providence has long been a major distribution center for the heroin/fentanyl trade. It typically comes up from NYC (Bronx/sometimes Brooklyn) and is milled in Providence (supplying NE Boston south) and Lawrence (supplying NE Boston north), then redistributed by the local dealers who are more often than not gang affiliated. Here in ME (and NH), a heroin/fentanyl dealer gets arrest they typically have an address in the Bronx, Waterbury/Bridgeport, CT, or Lawrence. Not many Providence based suppliers up here, but just this week...
HOULTON, Maine — Three Rhode Island men were arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly trafficking the drug fentanyl into the state following a four-month investigation by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency. Pedro Rosario, 60, of Cranston, Rhode Island, and Luis Ortiz, 36, and Kelvin Mosquea, 38, both of Providence, Rhode Island, were arrested by MDEA agents on Interstate 95 near Crystal, MDEA Cmdr. Darrell Crandall said.
One dealer from Cranston and two from Providence were busted with 2.7 pounds of fentanyl (enough to kill about a 1/2 million people). Could not find a recent address for Ortiz, but believe he lives in the Wanskuck neighborhood. Mosquea's last address was at 14 Gallatin St. in South Providence (Elmwood), which is just off a very notorious stretch of Broad St. That surrounding neighborhood is HOT right now. Hopefully local authorities are on top of this situation, as it's not an encouraging sign to see these South Providence based thugs in areas they weren't known to cover previously. Sort of confused...could this mean Lawrence is cracking down finally? Providence (and RI) needs to stay ahead of this NOW (or really more like yesterday) as a growing prominence in this area could lead to more other kinds of trouble down the road. We have already seen the other types of crime these affected Providence neighborhoods have suffered (including recent violent crime incidents in South Providence, Hartford/Silver Lake, etc.).
What some people seem to overlook.......If there were no demand, there would be no suppliers. America is the world's biggest illicit drug market, by far. That is the biggest problem. The war on drugs has been a abject failure, despite the proliferation of the alphabet of enforcement agencies.
The US needs to look at what HAS worked in other first world countries like Portugal. No more criminal charges, combined with proper medical treatment of addicted people in Portugal. The result has been a large decline in use, and much less crime, because the addicts do not need to steal to support their habit, unlike in the US.
About 80 percent of all the petty crime in the US is done by addicts to support their daily drug purchases. That is why so many people have their cars broken into, or have their bike stolen, or have their homes broken into. Drug users steal, every day. They will steal anything, to sell to get their drug of choice. Meth heads are dangerously unpredictable, and violent.
This is being done in various drug dens throughout the city, a major hub being right in the Hartford projects (Crips). Many involved gang members and associates in the Elmwood and Broad St./Prairie Ave. area, and also a ton of drug activity in Wanskuck these days.
It means to break down large quantity for street level distribution.
This process includes breaking the large chunks of raw heroin down to powder, adding a cutting agent (it is mixed in to dilute it and massively increase profits), and then packaging small amounts in glassine bags. The glassine bags are then stamped with a marketing logo.
The bags are then put in bundles and bricks. A bundle is 10 bags held together with a rubber band. A brick is 5 bundles (50 bags). In the following linked image, you'll see a bundle on the left and a brick on the right.
These days, a small amount of fentanyl is almost always added along with the cutting agent. Fentanyl is extremely potent and makes the finished product very strong. One of the main reasons why there are so many overdoses/deaths is because of the fentanyl that is added. There won't be equal amounts of fentanyl in every bag of heroin. Some bags may end up with none, and others will end up with too much and potentially result in overdoses/deaths.
It means to break down large quantity for street level distribution.
This process includes breaking the large chunks of raw heroin down to powder, adding a cutting agent (it is mixed in to dilute it and massively increase profits), and then packaging small amounts in glassine bags. The glassine bags are then stamped with a marketing logo.
The bags are then put in bundles and bricks. A bundle is 10 bags held together with a rubber band. A brick is 5 bundles (50 bags). In the following linked image, you'll see a bundle on the left and a brick on the right.
These days, a small amount of fentanyl is almost always added along with the cutting agent. Fentanyl is extremely potent and makes the finished product very strong. One of the main reasons why there are so many overdoses/deaths is because of the fentanyl that is added. There won't be equal amounts of fentanyl in every bag of heroin. Some bags may end up with none, and others will end up with too much and potentially result in overdoses/deaths.
A much better description than the sinerisehouse overview, many thanks.
And yes, almost ALL heroin is now cut with some amount of fentanyl. Crack often is as well, even reports of marijuana...
The state police know what's going on but know that there's not much that they can realistically do to stop it. The Dominican drug trade will only keep increasing in the Northeast the way things are currently going; the only possible chance to slow it down is to find a way to destroy or cut off the supply of fentanyl, which is probably an even bigger fantasy than going after the distribution chain.
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