Authorities say Juvenal Andrade-Mora, of North Carolina, sold nearly 50 pounds of crystal methamphetamine to an undercover officer.
A man from North Carolina has been arrested and charged after allegedly selling over 48 pounds of crystal methamphetamine in Manhattan and Queens, authorities said on Friday.
According to court documents, Andrade-Mora traveled to New York City from North Carolina and allegedly met with an undercover officer on Monday, May 9, at 12:40 p.m. on Northern Boulevard in Flushing, Queens. There, he gave the undercover office a kilogram of crystal meth wrapped inside a green sweatshirt.
Andrade-Mora returned to New York on May 11 and allegedly met with the undercover officer again in Manhattan, directing the officer to a black suitcase on 155th Street and saying that the drugs were inside.The suitcase contained two plastic bags, each with several plastic bags inside containing a white, crystal-like substance. The packages weighed approximately 21 kilograms and field testing indicated the substance was crystal methamphetamine. Laboratory test results are pending.
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