Tasty lines, maaaaaaaaan.
Posted on 10/15/2008 12:02:11 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A butcher shop in Greenpoint called it "Hot Kielbasa." But the FBI said the food was code for cocaine.
Investigators said livery cabs were used to deliver the illegal drug shipments. The FBI said Polish and Dominican crews teamed up to run the ring.
Investigators said whenever members of the ring had to discuss shipments, they referred to the drugs "Hot Kielbasa." Police said the suspects were caught on hundreds of hours of wiretaps.
NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly said, "the ‘kielbasa’ was really cocaine, and thanks to outstanding police work it’s no longer available at the meat market."
In all, 27 suspects were charged and they are expected to be arraigned in federal court in Brooklyn late Friday.
Officials said the Sikorski Meat Market along Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint was the headquarters for the operation. The so-called "Hot Kielbasa" was then shipped from there and sold across the city as well as parts of Northern New Jersey.
Andrzej Filipkowski, James Murphy William Murphy are accused of helping run the operation.
"This case began with a single report that cocaine was being stored at a neighborhood meat market in Greenpoint,” said United States Attorney Campbell. “Through diligent investigation, we and our law enforcement partners were able to identify and subsequently dismantle a wide-ranging cocaine distribution ring operating throughout our city."
Also charged was an NYC Department of Sanitation police lieutenant who investigators said is the nephew of Louis Eppolito - the so-called "Mafia Cop" convicted for helping the mafia commit murders and deal drugs.
Rolando Vasquez, a limousine driver, was also charged for allegedly using his limousine to deliver the drugs.
FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Mershon said, “This investigation clearly reflects that today’s criminal enterprises have diverse backgrounds and will cross multi-ethnic lines to conduct criminal activity.”
Ping
No wonder that sausage sandwich was so popular!
Why the h-e-double-hockey-sticks does the freaking Department of Sanitation need a POLICE DEPARTMENT?!
What a hell hole.
If you ever have the misfortune of having to be in NYC you will understand that I am not exaggerating when I say that there are apparatchiks of all types literally hiding behind trees and in doorways just waiting to leap out and start writing tickets for an amazing variety of "offenses"
Tasty lines, maaaaaaaaan.
The transit authority has their own PD also!
And with Bloomingidiot rescinding the 2-term only rule, they might need a new “Ultimate Ruler” chair for him to sit in, which would naturally require a new personal Ultimate Ruler PD with snappy uniforms and shinny guns. :-)
I had always assumed that certain "Italian families" ran the garbage business in New York. I guess the Department of Sanitation needs its own police to fight that or at least to profit from payoff money.
Thanks all for more reasons never to live in that chancre sore on the Hudson.
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