Five police officers were hospitalized after a suspected drug dealer kicked over a table covered in heroin during a raid at a Bronx home, sending powder into the air, cops said Friday.
Police were executing a search warrant at the Willis Ave. address near E. 140th St. in Mott Haven about 7:30 p.m. Thursday when one of the drug dealers flipped the table, authorities said.
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With so much powder floating in the air, the five officers were taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for exposure for heroin and the powerful painkiller, fentanyl, which is sometimes mixed with heroin.
Seven people were arrested and charged with drug possession. A large quantity of heroin was recovered from the scene, police said.
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