Mail-order drug trafficker had enough fentanyl to kill nearly everyone on LI: DA

He’s delivering death to Long Island.An accused Deer Park drug trafficker received a UPS package with enough fentanyl to kill more than 2.5 million people — nearly everyone on Long Island, Suffolk County prosecutors said Wednesday.Adriano Abreu Bonifacio, 39, was indicted on a charge of operating as a major drug trafficker after local cops intercepted a suspicious package headed to his Deer Park home, officials said.The package contained 5 kilograms of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that’s potentially deadly even in small doses, prosecutors said.“This indictment represents our office’s unwavering commitment to combating the fentanyl overdose crisis,” Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said in a statement.The probe into Bonifacio began in December after California cops tipped off Suffolk County police and a state drug task force about a package being shipped from Paramount in the Golden State, prosecutors said.UPS turned over the package to Suffolk police, who unleashed their drug dog “Champ” on it, authorities said.Champ sniffed out suspected drugs inside — and cops confirmed it was stuffed with fentanyl, prosecutors said.The discovery led to an undercover Dec.18 sting where a New York Drug Enforcement Task Force cop posed as a delivery driver to hand the package over to Bonifacio, according to prosecutors.The undercover delivery man had two packages: a white box containing the fentanyl, and a dummy brown box, officials said.Bonifacio allegedly pointed to the white box addressed to a “Miguel Perez” and said he was a friend who was authorized to accept the package, prosecutors said.Cops arrested Bonifacio after he took the package, officials said.He was arraigned on trafficking and drug possession charges, and ordered held on $500,000 cash bail.

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