40 year old Joseph Suarez of Atlantic City was sentenced after pleading guilty to Leader of a Narcotics Trafficking Network and Possession of a Firearm for an Unlawful Purpose. Pursuant to the terms of his plea agreement, Suarez was sentenced to an aggregate term of 28 years State Prison. On November 14, 2022, members of the Atlantic City Police Department, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Drug Enforcement Administration executed approximately 20 search warrants in various locations in Atlantic County. The warrants were the culmination of a wiretap investigation dubbed Operation Florida Keys which focused on Joseph and Justin Suarez’s
control of the drug trade on Unit South Florida in Atlantic City. In all, investigators recovered
approximately 40,642 folds of fentanyl individually packaged for sale, over $85,000 in cash, two
handguns, and 5.6 ounces of crack cocaine.