WHAT HEELS: Chasing The Teddy
State, local and federal law enforcement officers busted a huge heroin operation in The Bronx in which dealers were moving thousands of dime bags stuffed inside Build-A-Bear teddies, reports the New York Daily News:
"The agents walked in and there's heroin and all the dime bags and the Build-A-Bears just sitting there," said Erin Mulvey, spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
State, local and federal law enforcement officers seized 33 pounds of heroin with a street value of about $33 million and arrested 12 people on Friday. …
Agents also seized $150,000 in cash, various drug paraphernalia, weapons and incriminating documents at the five homes they raided. The ring leader was identified as Yeffery Alba of 735 Pelham Parkway.
He and 11 other defendants ranging in age from 26 to 39 are charged with criminal possession and conspiracy, and were arraigned on Saturday night.
Editorial Note: Some of the smack was labeled “Barack Obama.” Probably not what White House Social Secretary Desirée Rogers had in mind when she described Obama as “a brand.”
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