The $33 Million Bronx Build-A-Bear Brown Bust
Authorities announced Saturday a massive heroin bust in the Bronx, where dealers were moving millions of dollars in dope inside Build-A-Bear dolls. ... The drugs were packaged in tiny glassine bags branded with names like Barack Obama, Swine Flu and Crime 360, a nod to a detective series on A&E. ... State, local and federal law enforcement officers seized 33 pounds of heroin with a street value of about $33 million. All the heroin was made in America, authorities said.
Buy American, and Americans do work, son!
[NYDailyNews via Newser]
Blow Churros: The Feelgood Pastry of the Year
It’s a great day in the morning for innovations in drug trafficking. Recent word from the DEA’s Microgram Bulletin brings us the first ever attempt to smuggle delicious nose candy via delicious snacks. Customs Enforcement at New York’s JFK Airport recently seized mail from Guyana that contained 192 Churros containing plastic-wrapped cylinders of cocaine tested at 82.2 percent purity. That’s one badass powdered doughnut.[DEA Microgram Bulletin]
