PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — At the same time brothers Andres and Oscar Perez were climbing the ranks of the Providence Police Department, federal agents said their nephew – Jasdrual “Josh” Perez – was running a multistate fentanyl drug ring out of the capital city.
Federal investigators from Massachusetts raided Josh Perez’s suspected stash house and pill-pressing operation in February 2022. The agents allege his “robust long-running drug operation” pumped the deadly narcotic into the streets of several states, including Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee.
“The evidence shows that [Josh] represents a significant danger to community,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Lindsey Weinstein wrote in a court briefing last August, arguing the defendant was responsible for manufacturing tens of thousands of pills “for wholesale drug suppliers up and down the East Coast.”
Court documents show the Providence Police Department wasn’t involved in the probe. And when Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins touted the massive drug bust last March, she lauded several Rhode Island local, state and federal law enforcement agencies for their help. Providence was not included.
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Sounds familiar, like that California police union lady importing fentanyl or the CIA importing heroin and cocaine
But the cops told me they die from touching fentanyl
Cops have natural -50% fent resist and +20% life regain if you consumed a cheese ball recently. But the cop skill tree splits. Path one which gives you another -50% fent resist the other +75% so you're actually at a positive 25% and this kind of thing becomes viable with the right gear.
This is what the cops in the article are referring to when they say Perez "chose the wrong path"
So any bets on the reason this was blown open is that he was edging in on the Feds own fent ring?
It does seem pretty small time to me idk as much as like 27 houses can be
