Large Heroin Bust Leads to Hudson Valley Man’s Arrest

Police say they found a Hudson Valley man who attempted to sell nearly 1,000 servings of heroin.

Fabio Alejandro, 44, of Port Jervis was arrested on Sunday by a multi-agency law enforcement team consisting of the City of Port Jervis Police Department, the City of Middletown Police Department, the New York State Police and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force.

The arrest was based upon an investigation into sales of heroin in the City of Port Jervis and surrounding Orange County region.

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Police recovered approximately 3 ounces heroin packaged in 920 small envelopes for individual sale, police say.

Alejandro was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell and criminal possession of a controlled substance, felonies.

Alejandro was remanded to Orange County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail pending further court appearances.

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