Police in Jersey
City, NJ raided the offices of Block Royal Entertainment, a Hip-Hop studio/record
label founded by Akon’s slain road manager, claiming the business was a front
for a wholesale distribution ring that sold uncut heroin and cocaine. Robert
"Screw" Montanez founded Block Royal and helped promote the early career
of chart topping R&B singer Akon, who was with Montanez when he was shot and
killed outside of the Ringside Bar in Dec. 2004.Montanez
was killed when he became involved in an argument with a man who attempted rob
a necklace from Capone of Capone-N-Noreaga. Over
24 people associated with Block Royal Entertainment have been arrested by police,
who have been conducting various forms of surveillance of the organization over
the past three months. The
six month investigation, dubbed "Royal Flush," netted over 700 grams
of powered and crack cocaine, worth an estimated $70,000. Police
also recovered $30,000 in cash, four handguns, a bulletproof vest, hollow-point
bullets and four vehicles. “Law
enforcement wanted to see how extensive this network was,” Hudson County
Prosecutor Edward J. De Fazio told The Record. "As you can see, it
was quite extensive. Based on the amount we confiscated, it is clear this was
a large-scale wholesale distribution network. These were fellows dealing in large
amounts of drugs, and they were dealing to top distributors.”Those
arrested face various state and federal weapons and drug distribution charges.
