ARREST OF TWO MEN RESULTS IN SEIZURE OF HANDGUNS AND 100 BAGS OF HEROIN

Charles DesnoyersSuffolk County Police today arrested two men and seized two handguns and approximately 100 bags of heroin during a search warrant this morning.

Suffolk County Police First Squad Neighborhood EnfoJason Cooperrcement/Special Operations Team detectives (NE/SOT) executed a search warrant at 630 South Service Road in Dix Hills at 1:15 a.m. and recovered a 380 cal. Hi-Point semi-automatic handgun, a 9mm Cobray MAC-10 and approximately 100 bags of heroin. Jason Cooper, 29, of that address and Charles Desnoyers, 29 of 1 Cornell Drive, Wheatley Heights, were arrested.

Cooper was charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2^nd Degree and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 4^th Degree. Desnoyers was charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2^nd Degree and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7^th Degree. Both will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip today.

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