RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Prosecutors have charged a dozen people for allegedly running a marijuana trafficking ring that sent drugs from Northern California to be sold on Long Island.
Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota says Wednesday that the operation trafficked more than $2.2 million worth of marijuana since May 2014.
Authorities say the drugs were packaged at a home in California and then ship monthly to Suffolk County.
Spota says 27-year-old Brian Poole of Bellport was at the helm of the operation. Poole pleaded not guilty to marijuana possession, conspiracy and weapons charges.
Prosecutors say they also found a loaded handgun and a stun gun during a raid at his home. Investigators believe the drugs were being sold in the Hamptons.
Poole’s attorney, Robert Macedonio, says his client denies the allegations.
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