GOSHEN – A Nyack man was sentenced in Orange County Court on Thursday to 10 to 15 years in state prison in connection with the law enforcement action dubbed “Operation Bread, White and Blues.”
Marquis Gamble, 35, previously pled guilty to attempted operating as a major trafficker, criminal sale of a controlled substance and conspiracy.
Indictments arising from the enforcement action outlined two separate conspiracies, one of which primarily involved members and associates of self-professed “outlaw” motorcycle clubs trafficking cocaine, and another that involved the sale of narcotic pills that the conspirators represented as oxycodone, but which contained fentanyl.
On February 5, members of the State Police Community Narcotics Enforcement Team aided by the State Police Special Operations Response Team and the FBI, executed several search warrants and made over 20 arrests in Orange and Rockland counties.
Recovered in the actions were over $200,000 in cash, 25 handguns, one assault rifle, several other rifles, 10 vehicles, two motorcycles, over 2.5 pounds of cocaine and 1,300 fentanyl pills.
State Police were assisted by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency and the FBI.
On Thursday Orange County DA David Hoovler said Gamble “was responsible for large amounts of cocaine coming into Orange County and clearly deserves a significant state prison sentence. Narcotics trafficking is destroying the fabric of our society, killing our residents, and must be fought at every level.”
