Opinion
May 24, 1999
Appeal from the County Court, Suffolk County (Corso, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the eavesdropping warrant was properly granted. The affidavits submitted in support of the warrant established that wiretapping would be more effective than surveillance or undercover drug buys since it would reveal the location of the drugs, the scope and growth of the conspiracy, and the identity of its participants (see, People v. Brown, 233 A.D.2d 764; People v. Hafner, 152 A.D.2d 961; People v. Rumpel, 111 A.D.2d 481, 482). Accordingly, the County Court properly denied the defendant's motion to suppress the recorded conversations resulting therefrom.
Mangano, P. J., Friedmann, McGinity and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.