A nearly two-year investigation led to the takedown of firearms and fentanyl trafficking networks in Dutchess County.

State Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday announced the indictment of 10 people accused of supplying, selling and manufacturing ghost guns, assault rifles and counterfeit narcotics containing fentanyl in Dutchess County.

The investigation that began in April 2022 led to the recovery of 5,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl with a street value of around $150,000, and about $55,000 in cash, officials said.

Thirty-one firearms, including 17 assault-style guns, many of them ghost guns, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition were also recovered, authorities said.

The investigation centered around Muayad Qader. James said he allegedly sold guns and drugs from his home in Poughkeepsie, as well as from his place of work, a gas station in LaGrangeville.

The attorney general said the counterfeit oxycodone pills were actually fentanyl-dyed and stamped to look like real prescriptions.

“We all know, unfortunately, how dangerous fentanyl is. Just a tiny amount can kill an individual,” James said. “Even worse, and users who purchased these pills had no idea that they contained fentanyl.”

James said there were 117 fatal opioid overdoses in Dutchess County in 2022.

The AG’s office is using billions of dollars secured from companies that fueled the opioid crisis to provide beds, treatment, prevention and education. Dutchess County has received more than $30 million and will be getting more.

“I met with some of these families, prayed with some of these families and cried with some of these families over open caskets, parents who’ve lost children to addiction, children who lost parents to opioids,” James said.

The investigation into the networks was led by the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force and the New York State Police’s Special Investigations Unit - Hudson Valley and Troop K - Violent Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team.