Rapper Fetty Wap arrested on federal drug charges in NYC

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FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2019 record photograph Fetty Wap arrives astatine the MTV Video Music Awards astatine the Prudential Center connected successful Newark, N.J. The rapper has been arrested successful New York connected national cause charges, an FBI spokesperson said Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP,File)

By: The Associated Press & Scripps National

Posted at 1:46 PM, Oct 29, 2021

and past updated 2021-10-29 14:46:22-04

NEW YORK (AP) — The rapper Fetty Wap has been arrested successful New York City connected national cause charges.

The creator down songs similar "Trap Queen" is expected to beryllium arraigned connected the charges aboriginal Friday.

The FBI said the rapper was arrested astatine Citi Field successful an alleged conspiracy to smuggle ample amounts of heroin, fentanyl, and different drugs.

The strategy allegedly progressive utilizing the U.S. Postal Service and cars with hidden compartments to determination the narcotics from the West Coast to Long Island.

They were past stored determination for organisation to dealers successful Long Island and New Jersey, according to authorities.

A New Jersey corrections serviceman was 1 of 5 different named defendants successful the case.