Cnycentral : declared in Search of Watertown home ends with 'biggest' drug bust local DA has ever seen

"As far as the entirety of it, it's probably the biggest one that I've seen in 20 years." "As far as the cocaine that was seized, it's the second biggest one that I've seen in 20 years," DA Kristyna Mills told WWNY News. The Jefferson County district attorney is reportedly saying a recent drug bust is the largest she has seen in the past 20 years. He was taken into custody and now faces charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance and additional charges are pending. Officials conducted the warrant on 28-year-old Andrew Rowley who is described as a "major dealer."

3 pounds MDMA, half kilo cocaine seized after Upstate NY drug bust (reports)

Investigators found $2,900 in Rowley's car and another $20,865 at his home along with 672 grams -- or half a kilo -- of cocaine, according to the Watertown Daily Times. There were 28 grams of MDMA pills at Rowley's house, and another 1,554 grams of MDMA at his parents' Le Ray home. Officials considered Rowley a "major dealer," fueling addiction sales statewide, county District Attorney Kristyna Mills told the Daily Times. Andrew P. Rowley, 28, of State Street in Watertown, was arrested Thursday by the Metro-Jefferson Drug Task Force, WWNYTV reports. Investigators are working to determine if Rowley also sold drugs across border lines in Canada, according to the Daily Times.


Nobody knew then that Wayne County deputies would soon conduct what officials say is the biggest cocaine bust in state history. Ashley also said former Wayne County Sheriff Darryl Woodson went to bat for him. (Photo: Courtesy of the Wayne County Sheriff's Department)When Wayne County Sheriff Jody Ashley took office in 2016, the department was so poor that the man he replaced had to drive his own personal vehicle. "Six months before I took office I went to the board and asked them for some patrol cars," Ashley said. They would find out later that it was reportedly the largest cocaine bust in Mississippi history.


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