Overview

• Jose Leonardo was arraigned Friday in Manhattan Supreme Court, while Yenky Gil was arraigned on a related indictment in May.
• Agents on April 16 tracked Leonardo to 33 Crosby Avenue in Cypress Hills, obtained a warrant, and recovered boxes from the home and his Nissan Rogue.
• Inside three cardboard boxes were 45 wooden cigar boxes whose false bottoms hid thin bricks of cocaine pried from the undersides.
• DEA testing identified about nine kilograms of cocaine and nearly one kilogram of ketamine, with prosecutors valuing the cocaine at roughly $300,000.
• Leonardo was released in June on $100,000 bail with electronic monitoring, and officials say Gil remains in custody as the prosecution proceeds.