Fetty Wap was arrested at Citi Field Thursday afternoon on federal drug charges, according to the US Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of New York.- He is being charged with conspiring to distribute and possess controlled substances, an indictment shows.
Rapper Fetty Wap was arrested on drug charges on Thursday afternoon, according a press release from the US Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of New York.
The rapper known for the hit 2014 single "Trap Queen" - whose real name is William Junior Maxwell II - was one of six men taken into custody by federal agents in the case.
In an indictment unsealed on Friday, Maxwell, New Jersey correction officer Anthony Cyntje, Anthony Leonardi, his brother Robert Leonardi, Brian Sullivan, and Kavaughn Wiggins were charged with conspiring to distribute and possess controlled substances.
Anthony Leonardi, Robert Leonardi, Sullivan, Cyntje, and Wiggins have also been charged with the use of firearms in connection with a drug trafficking crime.
Maxwell was arrested during a music festival at Citi Field and is expected to make a court appearance on Friday, CBS New York Reported.
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York said in a statement that the men are accused of transporting, distributing, and selling "more than 100 kilograms of deadly and addictive drugs, including heroin and fentanyl."
According to the press release, the men are accused of distributing cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine across Long Island and New Jersey.
Prosecutors say the men obtained the narcotics on the West Coast and transported the drugs to Suffolk County, New York, via the US Postal Service and in hidden compartments in vehicles.
Five of the men also used firearms to protect their distribution chain, prosecutors say.
Prosecutors say Maxwell was a "kilogram-level redistributor" for the organization.
Investigators have performed search warrants in the case and have since obtained $1.5 million in cash, 16 kilograms of cocaine, 2 kilograms of heroin, numerous fentanyl pills, and multiple weapons, the US Attorney's Office said.