Narcotics/Vice Bureau detectives report the arrests of two males for a narcotics related incident that occurred on Wednesday, March 11, at 9:15 p.m. in Massapequa.
According to detectives, as part of the Long Island Heroin Initiative, the Narcotics/Vice Bureau, in conjunction with the DEA LIDO Group D-13, conducted an undercover operation in the Pathmark parking lot on Carmans Road.
Joshua Moore, 24, and Edward Brooks, 57, met with an undercover detective and sold him a quantity of heroin as well as a quantity of crack cocaine for an agreed upon amount of money.
As other members of the Narcotics/Vice Bureau approached to place the defendants into custody, Moore and Brooks fled on foot. After a short foot pursuit both were placed under arrest.
Moore and Brooks are each charged with two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance third degree and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance third degree. They will be arraigned in First District Court, Hempstead on Thursday, March 12.
