Luis Miguel Cruz Del Moral, Drug and Gun Possession, New York 2021

A Buffalo man has been arrested and charged with drug and gun possession by U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr.

Luis Miguel Cruz Del Moral, 37, of Buffalo, NY, was taken into custody after a search warrant was executed at his Ontario Street residence and a separate location on South Lane in Buffalo.

According to the complaint, on the morning of September 17, 2021, Buffalo Police, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a New York State search warrant at Cruz Del Moral’s Ontario Street residence.

During the search, investigators recovered five firearms, ammunition, a ballistic vest, two vials of suspected cocaine, drug packaging materials, and three scales with suspected cocaine residue.

Simultaneous to the execution of the Ontario Street search warrant, a separate search warrant was executed at a residence on South Lane in Buffalo.

In the toilet, law enforcement recovered a ripped-open plastic bag, and observed the toilet bowl lined with suspected cocaine.

The complaint carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, maximum penalty of life in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan E. Leydecker, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, the defendant possessed with intent to distribute a controlled substance and possessed a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

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