According to police, the fentanyl was transported in a rolling suitcase on the subway.
The Special Narcotics Prosecutor charged Juan Gabriel Herrera Vargas, 42, with operating as a major trafficker, criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminally using drug paraphernalia.
Prior to this incident, officers saw Vargas on Tuesday carrying a small black bag to the Kingsbridge Road subway station. When the officers confronted Vargas he gave them his wallet and ran away leaving the suitcase behind. They found 13 rectangular shaped kilogram bricks of what appeared to be fentanyl inside the suitcase.Image 1 of 5"The conduct charged is shockingly brazen, especially in a city still grieving the overdose death of a young child who lost his life at a nearby daycare center.
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