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WEBVTT THE --OFFICIALS KNOW THE WAR IS FARFROM OVER.THE CONNEX OFFICERS SAY A DRUGRING OPERATING OUT OF BALTIMOREIS RESPONSIBLE FOR 63 HEROINOVERDOSES, 15 OF THEM FATAL.THAT INVESTIGATION DATING BACKTO 2015.>> IT WORKED ITS WAY TO AFEDERAL INVESTIGATION.>> MORE THAN 1300 GRAMS OFHEROIN SEIZED, EIGHT PEOPLEDESCRIBED AS HIGH TO MID-LEVELPLAYERS UNDER FEDERAL INDICTMENTINCLUDING BALTIMORE POLICEOFFICER -- A POLICE OFFICER.HE IS ALREADY FACING CORRUPTIONCHARGES.>> HE WAS INTERCEPTED ON FEDERALWIRETAPPING.>> THEY GOT ON TO THE RING BYINTERVIEWING OVERDOSE VICTIMSABOUT WHERE THEY GOT THEIRSUPPLY.COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW HOW THEYTRACKED ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS.INVESTIGATORS FOUND A NUMBER OFSOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTSSPECIFICALLY AND INSTAGRAMACCOUNT.AND A TWITTER ACCOUNT WITH THENAME AND A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT.HE WAS SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARSIN PRISON AND THE INVESTIGATIONIS CONTINUING.>> WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TARGETALL THE WAY UP THE CHANGE FROMSTREET LEVEL DEALERS TOWHOLESALERS AND LARGE-SCALETRAFFIC ORGANIZATIONS ANDINDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FUNNELINGAND LAUNDERING MONEY.>> THERE ARE STILL MORE STATEINDICTMENTS TO COME.

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A joint effort between Harford and Baltimore County police and federal agencies led to eight arrests in a drug ring operating out of Baltimore City, authorities said. A Baltimore City police officer, one of the seven already facing corruption charges, is among those indicted.Download the WBAL app"The heroin epidemics of the past do not compare in any way, shape or form to this heroin epidemic. It's unlike anything we've seen," said Capt. Lee Dunbar, of the Harford County Narcotics Task Force.Te Harford County Narcotics Task Force teamed up with Baltimore County police to investigate a drug-trafficking organization operating out of northeast Baltimore and supplying heroin to people in both counties, authorities said."This heroin epidemic has put a huge strain on law enforcement across the country and even here, so that's huge to be able to start those resources, share that data, combine those resources and attack these drug-trafficking organizations," Dunbar said.The investigation started in 2015 and has included a federal wiretap and help from the Drug Enforcement Agency. So far, it's yielded more than 1,300 grams of heroin and more than 190 grams of cocaine. Eight people, investigators describe as high- to mid-level players, have been indicted on federal charges, including Baltimore police Officer Momodu Gondo, who is already facing corruption charges."He was intercepted during our federal wiretap, and we were able to get him indicted for that conspiracy to distribute over 100 grams of heroin," Lee said.Investigators said the drug-trafficking organization is responsible for 15 fatal overdoses and 48 nonfatal overdoses in Harford and Baltimore counties. Court documents show how they tracked one of the defendants: "Investigators found a number of social media accounts, specifically an Instagram account with the name 'Party Racks 39,' a Twitter account with the name 'Lamar Kaintuck' with a Twitter handle @partyracks_39 and a Facebook account with the name 'Lamar Kaintuck.'"Kaintuck was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison. But even with the highest-ranking members behind bars, authorities said the fight is far from over."Unfortunately, there are going to be young men and women that are willing to step in when these individuals go to prison and take their role, but we're going to be right here on their heel and wind up locking them up as well," Lee said.Also on WBALTV.com: