WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Attorney Charles M. Oberly, III announced yesterday that on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, following a 2 ½ month investigation, the Wilmington Resident Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA") - with assistance from the Newark Police Department SWAT, the Wilmington Police Department SWAT, the Delaware State Police, and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force - executed search warrants at two addresses in an industrial park on Albe Drive in Newark, Delaware. Between those two addresses - as well as a third address in Cecil County, Maryland - agents and officers found approximately 48,800 bags of heroin, along with two loaded 9mm handguns, and approximately $40,000 in cash.
As a result of the execution of these warrants, five men were arrested:
Abdul Haye, 28, of Newark, Del.
Amyra Haye, 29, of Bear, Del.
Daniel Haye, 36, of Bear, Del.
Julius Williams, 28, of Newark, Del.
Cezar Mills, 30, of Bear, Del.
Each of these defendants stands charged with conspiring together to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, and each of these defendants are - at present - detained in federal custody pending trial.
A bag of heroin is sold on the street in Delaware for approximately $10, making the total retail value of this seizure approximately $488,800. As such, this seizure represents the largest seizure of pre-packaged heroin in Delaware history.
In addition, some of the bags of heroin seized in this case tested positive for fentanyl, which is a potent synthetic opoid that can be mixed with heroin, to dangerous effect. The particular stamp, or brand, of heroin that this group was selling has been linked to two overdoses in the area.
The case is the product of an investigation conducted as part of the larger New Castle County HIDTA, which is a collaborative effort established in January 2015 among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. The New Castle County HIDTA includes members from the following agencies: DEA, Delaware State Police, New Castle County Police Department, Newark Police Department, Department of Homeland Security - Homeland Security Investigations, Delaware Department of Corrections - Probation and Parole, and the Delaware Attorney General’s Office.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
