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NYPD finally crackdown on Times Square drug dealers: Cops bust huge drugs ring running 24 hour open-air crack market in bid to stamp out violence that is plaguing the world-renowned tourist spot
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Federal authorities and the New York Police Department bust up drug ring near Times Square in Manhattan

  • Drug ring involved at least eight men who worked 'round-the-clock,' according to federal prosecutors

  • Investigators said they operated a 24-hour open-air crack cocaine market in Hell's Kitchen near Times Square

  • Authorities said they dealt drugs from at least December 2019 until last month, when authorities busted ring

  • Times Square has been plagued by a spate of gun violence this past spring and through the summer

  • Last month, a 23-year-old woman was slashed in the area after she ignored a male assailant's catcalls

  • In June, a 16-year-old boy allegedly shot and wounded an enlistee of the Marine Corps, 21, in Times Square

  • In May, three innocent bystanders were struck by stray bullets after gunshots rang out in broad daylight

  • In April, a tourist from Kansas City was struck in the shoulder by a stray bullet in the area

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-08-11
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=609503