“Operation Blood Trail” alleged that gang-affiliated dealers shipped tens of thousands of dollars worth of drugs every month

Forty-one members and affiliates of the Bloods street gang shipped cocaine, heroin and marijuana from Long Island and Brooklyn to upstate New York where the drugs were was sold in a massive distribution ring, state attorney general’s office said Wednesday.



A Long Islander holds bundled decks of heroin in her hands.
The suspects were rounded up Wednesday after being indicted on corruption and drug dealing charges following a seven-month investigation by New York’s Organized Crime Task Force, which used wiretaps, covert surveillance and undercover agents. Most of those accused are from Albany but many are originally from Long Island, according to a spokesman for the attorney general.

“Operation Blood Trail” alleged that gang-affiliated dealers shipped tens of thousands of dollars worth of drugs every month to Albany’s South End, Arbor Hill, Clifton Park, Lake George, Watervliet, Schenectady, Troy, and Cohoes.

The lone suspect to still reside on Long Island, 32-year-old Ronald “Nino” Wright, who allegedly ordered a hit on co-defendant Myles “Busy” Jackson, reputed leader of the Albany-based G-Shine faction of the gang, in an attempted coup, prosecutors said. Jackson survived the shooting.