‘Operation hot lunch’ food truck selling guns, and drugs and weapons

Orange County Sheriff Paul Arteta and District Attorney David Hoovler outlined the multi-agency investigation on Wednesday saying law enforcement dismantled a $3.3 million cocaine ring in the City of Newburgh and other Hudson Valley communities. Hoovler noted drugs and guns were being sold from a food truck 150-feet from the Newburgh City Courthouse and didn’t know they were being peddled along with sandwiches. “Police officers, court officers, individuals all bought food there at different times over the course of the investigation. They had no idea what was going on there and that’s what allowed them to hide so well,” he said. Among the agencies working with the Orange County Sheriff and DA were police in the cities of Newburgh, Middletown and Poughkeepsie, State Police, the Hudson Valley Crime Analysis Center and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and explosives.