40 Indicted in Drug Trafficking Ring Accused of Operating Out of Day Care Centers

The Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, which hears cases from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, stands in Lower Manhattan, New York City, on Jan. 18, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Forty people have been indicted for their involvement in a massive drug trafficking ring that operated on Long Island, following an 18-month long takedown dubbed by Nassau County, New York officials as “Operation Honeycomb.”

Authorities said Monday that the major narcotic trafficking ring operated in the Hempstead area including out of illegal daycare centers.