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NEW YORK ( WCBS ) -- Six men accused of trafficking catastrophic amounts of drugs to New York City and Long Island were arrested in a major narcotics takedown, authorities said.

Federal, state and local officials said enough fentanyl to kill the entire population of Suffolk County was seized in the drug bust that was announced Friday.

"The 21st century drug trade" Mexican cartels ran the drug pipeline -- with fentanyl, synthetic opioids, heroin and cocaine -- through the Bronx and Long Island's east end, law enforcement officials said.

The suspects were arrested in West Islip, Bay Shore, Wyandanch, Lindenhurst and the Bronx, according to authorities.

"The takedown with significant, not just because this operation spanned from the Bronx to Suffolk

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