In a case that made headlines in New York City last year, defendant Grei Mendez operated a daycare center out of a one-bedroom apartment while she, her husband, and her husband’s friend operated a narcotics packaging and distribution ring out of the apartment.

Defendants would package narcotics in the bedroom, store narcotics under the floor in the playroom, and prepare the drugs for packaging in the kitchen, sometimes using the kitchen supplies to do so.