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Springfield resident Julio Freytes caught up in major drug sweep; Feds arrest over 100 in New England




By Patrick Johnson, The Republican The Republican
on April 03, 2013 at 9:32 PM, updated April 03, 2013 at 10:31 PM


NEW LONDON, Conn. - More than 100 people were arrested in what federal authorities from multiple agencies called a massive drug sweep that took down a cocaine and heroin trafficking operation that carried drugs from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico into Connecticut and the Northeast.

Among the arrested was one Springfield resident, Julio Madera Freytes, 25, who is facing federal charges for possession with intent to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and use of a telephone to facilitate a narcotics felony.

A kilogram is equal to 2.2 pounds.

The operation, involving more than 700 law enforcement officials, served arrest warrants in Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Puerto Rico.
Fifty-three people were arrested on federal narcotics and money laundering charges, and fifty others on state narcotics charges, according to officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations.

The arrests were the result of a 15-month investigation that included court-authorized wire taps on 15 telephones, extensive surveilence and the controlled purchase and seizure of cocaine and heroin, officials said.

"Drug trafficking organizations must be aggressively attacked and dismantled at every level," said Bruce M. Foucart, special agent in charge of HSI Boston, who oversees the New England region.

"Today we have stopped two criminal organizations from bringing significant quantities of heroin and cocaine into our communities in Connecticut and throughout New England. The result of this operation is nothing short of significant and it underscores what the people expect from law enforcement: keep drugs out of our neighborhoods,” he said.

The arrests shut down the largest trafficking ring the agency has ever uncovered, he said.

According to the criminal complaints filed in U.S. District Court in New Haven, the investigation began in early 2012 to look into reports of drug trafficking and money laundering in New London, Conn.

The investigation revealed two overlapping conspiracies centered in New London County, one involving heroin distribution and one involving cocaine distribution. The two conspiracies employed a variety of methods to import narcotics from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico into southeastern Connecticut, and involved a network of individuals who distributed wholesale amounts of drugs to customers in New London County.


In association with today's arrests, law enforcement officers seized narcotics, firearms, cash and vehicles.

"We allege that the defendants arrested today were responsible for a very large percentage of the heroin and cocaine available for street sale in New London County," said U.S. Attorney David B. Fein, District of Connecticut.

According to the charges related to the heroin conspiracy, the investigation revealed that Luis Ariel Capellan Maldonado, aka Ariel, regularly procured multi-kilogram quantities of heroin from the Dominican Republic and worked with several individuals to distribute the drug in southeastern Connecticut.

Operating out of his apartment building on Hawthorne Drive in New London, Capellan Maldonado supplied customers with raw heroin, often in quantities of 50 to 150 grams. He also had access to kilogram-quantities of cocaine and sometimes supplied cocaine to wholesale cocaine distributors in New London.

The investigation further revealed that Capellan Maldonado coordinated the shipment of heroin, and sometimes cocaine, via human couriers from the Dominican Republic to the United States.

He also obtained heroin from other sources in New York City and Rhode Island.

Maldonado, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, routinely sent thousands of dollars in drug proceeds back to the Dominican Republic.

The federal defendants arrested today in Connecticut were transported to U.S. District Court in New Haven.

Based on the quantity of narcotics involved in these conspiracies, the government is seeking pre-trial detention on the vast majority of the defendants who, if convicted, face mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment of five or ten years.

The investigation included officials from other federal agencies including the Secret Service, Postal Inspection Service; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as well as the Connecticut State Police and several local police departments.