Coverage dated August 28, 2026

NYC police seize $10 million in cocaine, largest drug bust in decades

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New York City police on Friday said they seized 580 pounds of cocaine worth $10 million, the largest cocaine seizure in the city in decades.

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  1. NBC New York

    More than 580 pounds of cocaine worth over $10 million seized in huge Queens drug bust (opens NBC New York)

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    A massive drug bust in Queens is something the NYPD said hasn’t been seen in at least a decade. A New Jersey man was arrested after more than 580 pounds of cocaine was seized outside a Long Island City self-storage facility, law enforcement said.

  2. Pix11

    NYPD seizes $10M worth of cocaine, biggest bust in 10 years (opens Pix11)

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    NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) -- The NYPD made its biggest cocaine bust in over 10 years, Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Friday. Over months, the NYPD and New Jersey DEA seized more than 580 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $10 million from a multistate drug operation, she said.

  3. amNewYork

    MASSIVE DRUG BUST: NYPD seizes more than 580 pounds of cocaine in Queens take-down, the largest in a decade (opens amNewYork)

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    A New Jersey man is in custody after police seized more than 580 pounds of cocaine outside a Queens self-storage facility Wednesday night in the NYPD’s largest narcotics seizure in at least a decade. Nelson Salcedo, 35, with an address in Englewood, NJ, was apprehended outside a Public Storage facil…

  4. ABC 7 New York

    NYPD seizes $10M in cocaine from alleged cartel-linked operation in Queens (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    More than 580 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $10 million was seized from a Long Island City storage facility.

  5. New York Post

    580-pound pile of cocaine worth $10M seized from NYC storage unit in largest bust in decades: NYPD (opens New York Post)

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    Cops found 230 brick-shaped packages of suspected cocaine that were being loaded for delivery.

  6. Pix11

    Biggest cocaine bust in nearly a decade: NYPD (opens Pix11)

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    NEW YORK, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Brick after brick after brick and it goes on and on spreading across this table of cocaine in its purest form about 266 kilos. This was a massive shipment of narcotics tied to an interstate connection across the country, including in New York and New Jersey.

  7. UPI

    NYC police seize $10 million in cocaine, largest drug bust in decades (opens UPI)

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    New York City police on Friday said they seized 580 pounds of cocaine worth $10 million, the largest cocaine seizure in the city in decades.

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