Six Nostrand Storefronts Busted in Drug Raid
Six storefront business on a ten-block stretch of Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights yesterday were busted for selling drugs yesterday in a raid by NYPD; most of the contraband was marijuana with a little cocaine thrown into the mix for good measure. It was an open drug bazaar on Nostrand Avenue, said Councilwoman Letitia James…
Six storefront business on a ten-block stretch of Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights yesterday were busted for selling drugs yesterday in a raid by NYPD; most of the contraband was marijuana with a little cocaine thrown into the mix for good measure. It was an open drug bazaar on Nostrand Avenue, said Councilwoman Letitia James The businesses involved included Chris Restaurant, Press Play CD King, D & Z Variety, though it’s believed that they were all operating independently. At lunch it turned into a veritable pot-luck event, said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. You could go in and get drugs in the food itself or go to the back of the store and pick it up or even buy it over the counter. Eight individuals were arrested, though if last year’s drug bust on Putnam and Grand is any indication, the businesses will probably be back up and running in no time. Absurd.
Off-Menu Goods Attract the Police’s Attention [NY Times]
Eight Arrested In Crown Heights Drug Raid [NY1]
Eight Arrested In Nostrand Avenue Drug Raid [Nostrand Park]
I’ve been in Salahis where brown paper bags from behind the counter have been passed to customers coming in without a word. Just sayin’.
tybur, be that as it may, and I’m not disagreeing with you on the merits of legalizing marijuana. However, as of today, it is illegal, and as such, attracts the kinds of people who deal in much worse, and will defend their turf. I’m not talking about the guy who sells a baggie of pot, but the major dealers and suppliers. Just like prohibition, it’s not the people with a bottle of booze under the sink, or the ones grabbing a shot at a speakeasy, who are the problem, it’s the big time criminals who really control the flow who were responsible for a lot of death and distruction, and in the turf wars, innocent people get hurt or killed.
A lot of the collateral damage to the drug trade consists of innocent young black men who are in the wrong place at the wrong time, or are mistaken for other people. I’m tired of reading about another kid, who was on the straight and narrow, went to church, got straignt A’s and was headed to college, who gets mistaken for some other kid, and is dead in the street. Now the pot dealer in the bodega had nothing to do with that, but perhaps his supplier was connected to those who did. Until marijuana is legalized, the pot dealer in the bodega is part of the problem.
Ha ha ditto! Glad to see you again.
> Ty, Yes!!! I am talking about Salahis.
Oh yeah, definitely some shadiness happening there. And if not in the bodega itself, than around the corner on Argyle at the hangout spot across from the Tot Lot.
hahahah noki that’s cool.
the thing is even if they DO legalize marijuana, most of the underground illegal sales will still happen because there is no way it will be sold to people under 18, and most likely the legal age will be 21. newsflash: most people involved in the illegal trade of marijuana in conjunction with gangs are under 21.
*rob*
Montrose I don’t completely disagree but
“We’ve got too many people dying from drug related violence, too many people hurt in drug related crimes.”
really should be:
“We’ve got too many people dying from prohibition related violence, too many people hurt in prohibition related crimes.”
BSD, funny you should mention this (I agree wholly, btw), just yesterday, my 72-year-old retired librarian mom mentioned on the phone that she was supporting a group that is hell bent on not only decriminalizing, but legalizing, regulating and taxing the hell out of Mary-juana. She said she was going to send me a link and was rather pushing me to join AND to support this group. Financially. I’m like, MOM! What’s UP?
But I loved it. She actually seemed cool.
I live close to where some of the raids took place and it’s mind blowing to think this was an “open secret†that I was oblivious to. I’ve lived here about a year now.
I’m happy to read, in the NY Times, that this sweep was a result of feed up residents and other store owners. It’s good to know the police were responsive to the community’s complaints!
Not all of the raids were on Nostrand Ave. One was on Rodgers Ave and another on St. John’s. I only saw one raid sticker on Chris’s restaurant on Nostrand Ave when I went to investigate this morning.
Does anyone know the locations of the others stores?
Ty, Yes!!! I am talking about Salahis. Just looked at Streetview. It’s corner of Cortelyou and Argyle.