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veggie

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D.C. sting seizes over $7 million in illegal drugs
#15541369 - 12/19/11 06:25 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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D.C. sting seizes over $7 million in illegal drugs December 19, 2011 - wtop.com
WASHINGTON - D.C. Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms announced a major crackdown on a D.C. drug operation Monday, arresting over 70 people and seizing more than $7.1 million in guns and drugs.
The investigation, called "Operation Manic Enterprises," had been running for nearly a year. The operation ran through an undercover location that was set up to look like a rap artist's recording studio. The majority of the drug purchases were made at this location.
Authorities seized approximately 80 pounds of meth, 9.6 kilos of cocaine, 1.25 gallons of PCP and 23.5 pounds of marijuana, heroin and ecstasy. Officials also seized 161 firearms, including 29 assault weapons.
"If these drugs and guns had made it to our streets, the impact would have been devastating to community, says D.C. Police Chief Chief Lanier in a press release. "These suspects had bragged about other violent crimes they had committed and had no qualms about killing police officers, guards and other innocent people."
The Drug Enforcement Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency and the U.S. Attorney's office also assisted with the operation.
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dtowntoker
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Re: D.C. sting seizes over $7 million in illegal drugs [Re: veggie]
#15541495 - 12/19/11 06:45 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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80 pounds of Meth but only 24 lbs of bud??
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Re: D.C. sting seizes over $7 million in illegal drugs [Re: veggie]
#15541629 - 12/19/11 07:08 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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veggie said: D.C. sting seizes over $7 million in illegal drugs December 19, 2011 - wtop.com
 "If these drugs and guns had made it to our streets, the impact would have been devastating to community, says D.C. Police Chief Chief Lanier in a press release.
Go on... devastating how?
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"These suspects had bragged about other violent crimes they had committed and had no qualms about killing police officers, guards and other innocent people."
Fixed.
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Re: D.C. sting seizes over $7 million in illegal drugs [Re: pwnasaurus]
#15541685 - 12/19/11 07:16 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah I like that, "devastating". As if non of it got out before, and there is none already on the street by them or others. I think it would only be devastating is if it all feel of the back of a truck on the road causing mayhem from drivers and pedestrians.
Pretty gnarly stash though.
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Re: D.C. sting seizes over $7 million in illegal drugs [Re: veggie] 1
#15541719 - 12/19/11 07:19 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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"If these drugs and guns had made it to our streets, the impact would have been devastating to community, says D.C. Police Chief Chief Lanier in a press release.
They make it sound like these are the only drugs in the city and they found them all, the drugs and guns are already on the streets. This one bust is large, but other drug rings will slide right into this selling territory.
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Re: D.C. sting seizes over $7 million in illegal drugs [Re: Mushie23]
#15541904 - 12/19/11 07:55 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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When your client tells you he is a rapper with his own private studio, how naive do you have to be to not google him? Wouldn't you be at least curious what his songs sound like, or at least want to tell your friends, "I'm the guy that hooks XXXX up with blow"?
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Re: D.C. sting seizes over $7 million in illegal drugs [Re: dtowntoker]
#15544684 - 12/20/11 11:03 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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dtowntoker said: 80 pounds of Meth but only 24 lbs of bud??
When you get to selling mass quanity like that sometimes you run into deals that you just cant pass up. I would say that this person mainly sold "hard" drugs and might have had the pot for personal or just got a good deal on it. The profit margin for pot is very very low when compared to "hard" drugs and eventually becomes a waste of time to deal with. Not to mention the smell and the huge amount of space it takes up when compared to other drugs.
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Re: D.C. sting seizes over $7 million in illegal drugs [Re: pwnasaurus]
#15545032 - 12/20/11 12:36 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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pwnasaurus said:
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veggie said: D.C. sting seizes over $7 million in illegal drugs December 19, 2011 - wtop.com
 "If these drugs and guns had made it to our streets, the impact would have been devastating to community, says D.C. Police Chief Chief Lanier in a press release.
Go on... devastating how?
Fixed.
Well, they should have said that it would make things worse because D.C. is already riddled with addicts that roam the streets, due to the fact that people will get there fix no matter what.
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