CAPE CORAL, Fla. — State Attorney Amira Fox reports 10 people are arrested, including one for murder, after a large scale operation known as 'Operation No Cap.'
The operation started in Cape Coral after a "controlled drug delivery" in October 2023.
According to Fox, a Lamborghini pulled up, picked up the drugs and took off. The car crashed near El Dorado Parkway and Malibu Court. Fox says the driver also hit a Cape Coral officer's car.
It was that crash that led to a bigger investigation under NETFORCE, a narcotics task force comprised of multiple law enforcement agencies on a local, state and federal level.
"RICO, money laundering, creating fraudulent checks and then cashing them at area banks," Fox said about what the suspects are accused of. "They also expanded into buying exotic cars, renting them out and using the cars for drug trafficking and other criminal activity."
When the 10 people were arrested during the operation, police found the following:
- 1 kilo of Fentanyl,
- 1 kilo of protonitazene (a synthetic opioid three times more potent than Fentanyl)
- 1 kilo of methamphetamine
- 40.3 grams of cocaine
- 426 pounds of marijuana
- More than 25 grams of oxycodone
- 10 firearms
- $179,718 in cash
Records show many of the suspects have a long criminal history dating back to 2020.
"As we shared between the different agencies, we found out that each one of our law enforcement agencies in this circuit had some information on the members of this criminal enterprise," Fox said.
Seven of the 10 are facing RICO charges, meaning racketeering.
Here's a list of all 10 suspects arrested:
- Johnattan Octavien
- Jordan Octavien
- Cesar Alexis Reyes Juarez
- Nino Cotturone Diaz
- Jeffrey Estimond
- Felipe Otalvaro
- Nicolas Otalvaro
- Ivelis Quinones-Correa
- Kendrick Etienne
- Angelo Ochoategui-Callejas
Jordan Octavien is charged with first-degree murder. Cape Coral Police say because of fentanyl given to the victim by him, the victim died.
"That victim's family said to me do whatever it takes so another family does not have to endure the pain of losing a loved one to this poison," said Cape Coral Police Chief Anthony Sizemore.
