NH Drug, Gun Bust Helped with Massive NY Gang Raid: Cops

MANCHESTER, NH - A massive drug, gun, and gang operation busted up in New York City yesterday has roots that appear to have started in Manchester last year, after three New Yorkers were busted for guns and drugs, according to the Manchester Police.

Last summer, SWAT teams raided an apartment on Orange Street, which led to the arrest of Danzelle Robinson, 23, pictured left, Gregory Reynoso, 21, pictured center, and Majestis Adams, 22, all of the Bronx, NY, according to Lt. Brian O’Keefe from the Manchester Police Department. Robinson was charged with possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute and sale of a narcotic drug. Reynoso and Adams were both charged with one count of sale of a narcotic drug.

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The raid was initiated after several alleged crack cocaine purchases were made at the residence and then, search warrants were requested and issued.

O’Keefe said the recent New York bust – a 386-count indictment in the Bronx that included attempted murder, conspiracy, and weapons charges, connected to four different gang ties – mentioned Manchester individuals involved.

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“Manchester investigators believe the men arrested last year were part of the New York crime syndicate,” O’Keefe said.

The Orange Street raid resulted in the confiscation of four handguns, a stun gun, $5,142 in cash, 48 grams of cocaine with a street value of $4,800, 14 grams of crack cocaine worth $2,800, and 3 grams of marijuana.

No further information is available at this time regarding the New York connection to Manchester, O’Keefe stated.

More than 30 people were arrested on March 10, 2016, in New York as part of their 18-month investigation into drug and gun running as well as gang activity, according to Manchester Ink Link. Many others were already being held in prison and New York cops are looking for another 18 individuals.

Gang members, according to the NY Post, were allegedly involved in as many as 22 shootings and “flooded towns in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey,” with a “drug pipeline” pedaling crack cocaine, heroin and fentanyl for four times the street price, according to the indictment.

Not long after the June 2015 raid, Manchester Police, along with troopers from the New Hampshire State Police’s drug enforcement unit, began major drug sweeps in the Queen City that eventually led to an organized operation called “Granite Hammer.” The operation has been deemed a success, leading to numerous busts, countless arrests, and untold amounts of drugs and guns being removed from the streets of New Hampshire’s largest city and surrounding communities, according to law enforcement officials.

Read the full report of the New York indictment on NYPost.com. For New Hampshire info, check out the coverage on ManchesterInkLink.com.

Caption: A file photo of the bust and arrests from Orange Street in Manchester in June 2015. Credit: Manchester Police Department.