N.Y. Daily News -- Two corrupt ex-cops and six other reputed members of a Puerto Rican drug gang — which operated in part out of a Bronx day care center — have been indicted for six murders on the Caribbean island.
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Gov. Cuomo announces $213M to fight heroin, opioid epidemic
N.Y. Daily News — Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday said the heroin and opioid addiction epidemic was the “worst drug scourge” the nation has ever faced. “This is worse than crack,” Cuomo said during an appearance in Suffolk County to herald $213 million in new state funding to fight the epidemic.
How Prince Concealed His Addiction: Aspirin Bottles of Opiates
The New York Times -- At the time of Prince’s death, his Paisley Park home and recording compound in Minnesota were strewn with “a sizable amount” of narcotic painkillers for which he did not have prescriptions, including some hidden in over-the-counter vitamin and aspirin bottles and others issued in the name of a close aide, according to newly released court documents related to the investigation into the accidental opioid overdose that killed Prince last year.
Three Brooklyn Clinics, 6.3 Million Oxycodone Pills and 13 Indictments
The New York Times - Officials in New York arrested 12 people on Friday in what was described as a conspiracy involving three Brooklyn medical clinics that helped flood the streets with prescription painkillers while defrauding Medicare and Medicaid out of millions of dollars.
After announcing the arrests — a 13th person, a former state assemblyman from Brooklyn, was also indicted in the case — prosecutors described the scope of the conspiracy, saying it put 6.3 million oxycodone pills on New York’s black market and generated more than $24 million for the three clinics.
Narcotics cops find 121 pounds of cocaine as they bust distribution ring at Diamond District jewelry store
N.Y. DAILY NEWS - Authorities struck white gold in the Diamond District.
When law enforcement looked into a fake jewelry business Thursday, they found plenty of real cocaine instead — 121 pounds of nose candy worth $1.7 million, officials said.
A joint probe between New York and Los Angeles law enforcement agencies honed in on a fake California business called Sapphire, and the phony 21 Divine based in the Diamond District in Midtown. The New York drug enforcement task force suspected a cocaine distribution ring was using the purported business as a front to get the narcotics.
Sisters cuffed by NYPD — just days after landlord posts ‘Beware! Drug Dealers Downstairs’ sign
SILive.com - Just days after a New Dorp Beach landlord hung a large sign outside her home proclaiming "Beware! Drug Dealers Downstairs," authorities conducted a raid and arrested two sisters on drug-sale charges.
Linda and Christine Genise, both 52, are being arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday after they were apprehended on Thursday afternoon in the vicinity of their apartment on the 100 block of Roma Avenue by the NYPD Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Strike Force.
Couple Lands at JFK Airport With $250,000 Worth of Heroin Hidden in Speaker, Whiskey Gift Box: Authorities
NBC New York - A couple flying into New York's John F. Kennedy Airport from the Dominican Republican attempted to conceal $250,000 worth of heroin in a whiskey gift box and a large speaker, authorities say.
Andres Uribe Rebolledo and his girlfriend Yuly Valencia Sanchez, both Colombian citizens, landed at JFK from Punta Cana Sunday with a Glenmorangie-brand whiskey gift box and a Marshall-brand speaker, Customs and Border Protection says.
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