HARTFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS ADVISORY

For Immediate Release:  Friday, October 31, 2003.
Contact:  Nancy M. Mulroy, PIO, Hartford Police Department, (860) 543-8746.

 HPD Narcotics Unit Shut Down Drug Factory.

      (Hartford) – On Thursday, October 30, 2003, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Detectives from the Hartford Police Department’s Narcotics Unit executed a Search and Seizure Warrant at 38 Bushnell Street, first floor, Hartford.  As a result of the warrant, Detectives seized sixty-six (66) bags of marijuana packaged for street sale, $182.00 in U.S. currency, two bags of raw heroin, a scale, packaging materials and six heroin stamps.  Six individuals were arrested and charged with numerous drug charges.

     Arrested were Irma Maldonado, DOB 11-28-57, of 38 Bushnell Street, charged with Possession of Narcotics, Possession With Intent to Sell (PWITS) Narcotics, PWITS within 1,500 of a school, Possession of a Controlled Substance, PWITS Controlled Substance and Operating a Drug Factory; Moises Oliveras, 10-20-75, Irving Oliveras, 10-20-75, and Victor Oliveras, 8-3-77, all of 38 Bushnell Street, and all charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, PWITS, and PWITS within 1,500 feet of a school; Miguel Agosto, 7-10-78 of 22 Berkley Avenue, charged with Criminal Attempt to Possess a Controlled Substance; and Maria Maisonette, 3-11-51 of 19 Crown Street, charged with Interfering with Police.

     In commenting on the incident, Sergeant Lance D. Sigersmith, Supervisor of the HPD Narcotics Unit, stated an “excellent job was done by Detectives Martinez and Johnson, and all personnel involved in closing down this drug factory that had been a neighborhood menace.”

     The Hartford Police Department asks anyone with information about illegal drug activity to call its tip line, 525-GUNS.  All information will be kept in the strictest of confidence.

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