Authorities: Heroin Ring Used Metro-North Trains, Greyhound Bus
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Thirteen people have been indicted in connection with an alleged heroin ring that transported the drug on Metro-North trains, authorities announced Thursday.
The group's purported kingpin, Brian Bacon, 52, had his son, Tamar Dillard, 37, use trains to transport heroin from Harlem to Newburgh, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman told reporters, including WCBS 880's Peter Haskell.
Another suspect is accused of taking a Greyhound bus to Pittsburgh to sell the drug.
Authorities: Heroin Ring Used Metro-North Trains, Greyhound Bus
The network allegedly sold up to 1 kilogram of heroin each month and also reached into Nassau and Sullivan counties.
The investigation was called "Operation Iron Horse."
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"This was a mass transit-using ring of heroin suppliers," Schneiderman said.
The suspects were "sitting next to families, to tourists, carrying huge quantities of deadly drugs and dirty money," the attorney general added.
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Schneiderman, however, said there were no signs of trouble on the trains or bus.
If convicted, Bacon faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
