AG Sunday announces takedown of large-scale cocaine-trafficking enterprise

PHILADELPHIA — Attorney General Dave Sunday and law enforcement partners announced charges against numerous individuals, along with seizures this week of drugs and firearms connected to a high-level cocaine/crack cocaine trafficking organization that operated primarily in north Philadelphia.

Among those charged are Jimmie Torres, the alleged leader of the organization, and his son, Matthew Torres, who oversaw the enterprise when his father was at his home in Puerto Rico.

This week, the Office of Attorney General charged 21 individuals, and, along with partners from Philadelphia, Bucks, and Montgomery counties, executed numerous search warrants on cellphones and at residences and vehicles.

Sixteen individuals were arrested Thursday at various locations in the Philadelphia area. All have been arraigned — bail was set between $1 million and $5 million.