Muhammad S. Iftikhar turned a captain at Engine Co. 282 in 2018.
Paul Martinka
An FDNY captain on a listing for promotion to chief was arrested on fees of receiving shipments of steroids and ecstasy mailed to his upstate residence, The Submit has realized.
Muhammad S. Iftikhar, 43, assigned to Engine Co. 282 in Borough Park, Brooklyn, was collared Feb. 8 following the execution of a search warrant at his Goshen residence by state Troopers, Homeland Safety and US Postal Inspection Service investigators, officers stated.
Probers seized over 50 grams of anabolic steroids, and over 20 grams of ecstasy, or MDMA, the State Police stated.
“It was a six-month investigation,” stated Trooper spokesman Beau Duffy. He wouldn't elaborate on the scope of the probe or what sparked it.
The FDNY hit Iftikhar with a most 28-day suspension with out pay. He shall be restricted from area responsibility on the completion of the suspension, stated spokesman Jim Lengthy.
The 16-year FDNY veteran was promoted to lieutenant in July 2013, after which to captain in 2018, public information present. Iftikhar’s whole pay final yr was $218,000, in keeping with seethroughny.internet.
Iftikhar was in line to rise greater within the FDNY.
He handed a Civil Service take a look at for promotion to battalion chief, and ranked No. 120 of 194 eligible candidates.
The captain was slapped with felony felony possession of a managed substance and an hallucinogenic substance with intent to promote, authorities stated. He was arraigned on the court docket in Goshen launched on his personal recognizance.
Maria Younis, 39, was additionally arrested on the residence, the state police stated. She was issued a ticket for seventh diploma felony possession of a managed substance.
Homeland Safety and US Postal investigators declined to remark.
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