Mark Marasi, 37, Juan Carambot, 40, Julio Perez, 32 and Jose Weekes, 20, all of Manhattan; Cessa Eddy, 22, and Jackeline Viera, 28 Arrested

Jose Diaz-Ortega, 28, of the Bronx, instructed underlings in Puerto Rico to pack kilos of cocaine into toy toolboxes and boxes of building blocks, then send them via Express Mail to New York City addresses, according to the indictment.
Federal Drug Enforcement Agency and Postal Inspection Service agents said they seized $84,000 and a .380 caliber handgun from Diaz-Ortega's home on Clay Avenue in June and arrested him the next month. He is being held on $500,000 bail.
During the five-month investigation, four handguns and 8.8 pounds of cocaine were recovered, according to the DEA.Yesterday, agents arrested the other defendants charged in the indictment: Mark Marasi, 37, Juan Carambot, 40, Julio Perez, 32 and Jose Weekes, 20, all of Manhattan; Cessa Eddy, 22, and Jackeline Viera, 28, both of the Bronx; and Jesus Diaz, 36, and Lisa Rodriguez, 36, both of Moonachie, N.J.Prosecutors said Jesus Diaz, a Manhattan check-cashing store employee, laundered between $40,000 and $50,000 of drug proceeds for Diaz-Ortega by sending wire transfers to Puerto Rico.The remaining defendants were arraigned yesterday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan on various conspiracy, money laundering, or drug possession and sale charges. Marasi, Carambot, Perez, Eddy and Viera were ordered held without bail; Weekes was held on $35,000 bail; and Rodriguez and Jesus Diaz were both released. All are due back in court on Oct. 6.