Dust in drug bust sends 8 cops to hosp

A TOXIC SUSPECT covered in a noxious mix of drugs gave off fumes that were so overwhelming that it sent eight cops to the hospital on Friday.

They inhaled the potentially deadly mix of heroin and fentanyl while trying to apprehend the emotionally disturbed suspect in Queens, police said.

The officers were called to a Saunders St. apartment near 63rd Drive in Rego Park about 2 a.m. on a report of a noise complaint.

By the time they arrived, Onix Torrellas, 37, had run into his apartment and locked the door.

The sergeant and seven officers finally unlocked the door and found Torrellas unconscious inside.

As they stepped into the room, they were quickly overcome by the powdery substance his clothes were covered in.

“I think he was in a catatonic state. I know naloxone was administered to him,” said Assistant Chief Juanita Holmes, the commanding officer of Patrol Borough Queens North. “As a result, our officers were exposed to an unknown substance.”

A source with knowledge of the incident said officers “became lightheaded and dizzy.” Some were inside the apartment; others were not, Holmes said.

Medics rushed the officers to a nearby hospital, where they were treated for “nausea and a little tingling in the fingers” and released, Holmes said.

Torrellas was taken to Elmhurst General Hospital for further treatment — but not before an FDNY hazmat team decontaminated him, law enforcement sources said.

An NYPD Emergency Services Unit team in Hazmat gear found traces of heroin and fentanyl — a powerful prescription painkiller that is often 50 times stronger than heroin — in the room.

Torrellas is charged with drug possession and reckless endangerment, police said.

“We did find an unknown amount of cash as well as a large amount of a white substance that tested positive for heroin,” Holmes said. “Further tests are being conducted.”

Torrellas’ neighbors, meanwhile, were stunned by the ordeal.

“That’s so scary. It’s shocking that it happened in our building.” said Melana Abramov, 23, who was pushing her 2-year-old son in a stroller in front of the building. “It’s a pretty safe neighborhood ... You don’t usually see stuff like that around here.”