Months-Long Investigation into Heroin Sales Leads to 5 Arrests

Five were arrested after police say they found heroin, cocaine and an illegal gun inside a Hudson Valley home.

On Thursday, members of the City of Newburgh Police Department, Town of Newburgh Detectives and Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force executed a search warrant in the basement at an apartment on Liberty Street.

The execution of the search warrant was the culmination of a months-long investigation into the alleged sale of narcotics at the apartment.

Investigators recovered three loaded handguns, one of which was reported stolen, 2,118 decks of heroin with a weight of 52.95 grams, 97.3 gram and over $10,000 in cash, police say.

Arrested were:

• Abimael Bruno, 37: seven counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and three counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
• Samir Lantigua, 25: four counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
• Alex Santos-Martinez, 29: four counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
• Christine Guzman, 26: four counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
• Micaela Sanabria, 34: criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a weapon.

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