CYPRESS HILLS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Police have charged two men following a drug bust that supposedly uncovered around 20 pounds of cocaine -- with an estimated street value of $300,000 -- hidden inside 45 cigar boxes with false bottoms at a home in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn.

The investigation was conducted by the DEA New York Division, Group D-43, with assistance from SNP's Investigators Unit.

Jose Leonardo and Yenky Gil face various narcotics charges following the drug seizure. Leonardo was arraigned Friday morning at Manhattan Supreme Court, and Gil was arraigned on a related indictment in May.

The Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York claims that on April 16, 2025, agents tracked Leonardo as he drove to 33 Crosby Avenue, the residence where the drugs were

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