Bronx Heroin Bust Finds “Build-a-Bears” Full of Smack
Recently in the news it was reported that in some parts of the Northeast a packet of heroin is cheaper than a 6 pack of beer. The lil bags of heroin were stamped with cute names like “Barack Obama,” “Crime 360″ and “Swine Flu.” Classy.
Ok everybody, can we PLEASE secure the border with Mexico? I somehow think there’s a connection between all this cheap heroin and a porous border with Mexico where the drug cartels are literally slaughtering cops, regular folks and even priests. But I could be wrong.
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Authorities found $30 million worth of heroin stuffed inside Build-a-Bear toys in a NYC drug raid. (July 6, 2009) Image www.wpix.com
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The DEA says the drugs were stamped with dozens of brand names including Barack Obama, Swine Flu, and Crime 360.
The drugs were seized at several locations throughout the Bronx.
Drug bust nets heroin stuffed in Build-A-Bear toys
AP | July 4, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen people have been arrested, and 33 pounds of heroin worth $30 million and stuffed inside Build-A-Bear toys has been seized in a drug bust in the Bronx.
The arrests late Friday afternoon were announced Saturday by the New York office of the Drug Enforcement Administration along with city and state police.
The authorities say the arrests broke up a drug ring that each week sold hundreds of thousands of small bags of drugs.
The drugs were stamped with such brand names as Barack Obama, Swine Flu and Crime 360.
Authorities say $150,000 in cash was also seized and the drugs were distributed in New Jersey and New York.