$2M N.Y. drug ring smashed

Twenty-eight members of a $2 million oxycodone-pushing ring got nabbed in a sting organized by the attorney general and Drug Enforcement Administration, officials said Thursday.

More than two dozen prolific pill peddlers were charged in two indictments with conspiracy, criminal sale of a control substances and related counts, according to state Attorney General Letitia James.

They were “selling tens of thousands of prescription oxycodone pills to countless customers every day,” James (photo) told reporters at a press conference.

On wiretaps, “conspirators frequently utilized coded and crypted terminology in an attempt to disguise their illicit narcotics trafficking,” she added.

A pill was called a “football” and other lingo represented the “specific dosages … based on the color of the pills.”

Charges were filed in Bronx Supreme Court against the ring, headed by Wilkins Almonte, a Bronx seller of pills supplied by main distributor Elba Sanchez, officials said.

Almonte allegedly pushed to dealers in Brooklyn, Connecticut and the Bronx, where his brother Esteban was also allegedly a participant.

The cost of the pills rose as they got passed along to additional distributors.

A pill that started at $10 would sell for up to $30 on the street after it changed hands from one dealer to the next, authorities said.

Investigators identified the sale of about 23,000 pills over the 10-month probe, totaling about $2 million in street value.

James said that the opioid epidemic is on the decline and peaked around 20142015. Those charged face up to nine years in prison.