Dozens of people have been charged in a major drug trafficking ring involving multiple Pennsylvania counties.
Investigators from both Berks and Montgomery counties, along with federal agents, teamed up for "Operation Caribbean Snowfall."The drugs were being shipped to Reading from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Mexico.
Investigators believe the alleged leader of the organization, 46-year-old Carlos Lopez Rosado, coordinated some deals from inside a federal prison in Schuylkill County. "While incarcerated he was using the cell phone to continue to facilitate deliveries of cocaine and fentanyl," said Berks County District Attorney John Adams.Investigators also say they seized over $2.7 million worth of cocaine and $1.6 million of fentanyl.
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