Puerto Rico ? Some 500 law officers swarmed into a public housing project and other sites Friday to dismantle a trafficking ring allegedly run by the island’s top drug suspect, a man described as an aspiring Robin Hood and a patron to reggaeton stars.

With assault rifles slung over their shoulders, officers in riot gear raided the complex where reputed ringleader Angel Ayala Vazquez grew up and allegedly built a drug empire that shipped thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the U.S. mainland.

Ayala, better known as “Angelo Millones,” was captured last month following a seven-year investigation.