Little Italy Marijuana Ring Broken Up, $1.1 Million Seized

First Posted: 04/10/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 04:25 PM ET

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nydailynews.com:

Investigators have seized $1.1 million in cash from a Little Italy flat - profits from a huge marijuana money-laundering ring with possible ties to organized crime. It is "by far" the biggest stash ever seized in the city linked to a marijuana ring, city special narcotics prosecutor Bridget Brennan said.

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Investigators have seized $1.1 million in cash from a Little Italy flat - profits from a huge marijuana money-laundering ring with possible ties to organized crime. It is "by far" the biggest stash ev...
Investigators have seized $1.1 million in cash from a Little Italy flat - profits from a huge marijuana money-laundering ring with possible ties to organized crime. It is "by far" the biggest stash ev...
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pointyheadprodigy
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06:55 AM on 02/09/2010
LEGALIZE IT !!!!! The so called, "War on Drugs", is in reality a, "War on Ourselves" and how stupid is that? LEGALIZE IT !!!!!!
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Fred Hood
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08:45 PM on 02/08/2010
marijuana money-laundering ring with possible ties to organized crime.

bankers? our congress? the insurance companies? military industrial complex? the legal system?.......
so many to choose from
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Durango
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06:54 PM on 02/08/2010
If the marijuana was grown in Canada and the profits did not go to finance the Mexican drug gang atrocities I say the growers should be rewarded not persecuted.

That bit about the money going to buy cocaine sounds like propaganda to me.
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Fred Hood
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08:50 PM on 02/08/2010
California could pay off its debt in the first six months.......
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Acebass
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06:44 PM on 02/08/2010
The war is lost. Legalize it, tax it and get it out of the hands of criminals!...
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Fred Hood
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08:50 PM on 02/08/2010
I do not consider them criminals...........they are capitalist in a industry that is oppressed because of greed, racism and the easily confuswed
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BannedNBoston
Is hemp legal yet?
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06:20 PM on 02/08/2010
Obama sneers at pot legalization.
He also has the military out grabbing protestors at demonstrations.
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Durango
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06:48 PM on 02/08/2010
Now there is a way to stretch an issue far past it's breaking point.
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Rand
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09:18 AM on 02/09/2010
Really?

Any proof?

You're full of a common barnyard substance!

But I'll bet that you didn't object to the CT Cowboy having people arrested for wearing T-shirts bearing messages he didn't like
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sviolette
Cops Pepper Spraying the Constitution!!!
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05:50 PM on 02/08/2010
What a waste of taxpayer money.
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Peter007
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04:49 PM on 02/08/2010
Less Pot on the street means higher prices for weed which means more crime in the drug business. At least these two guys were beating the recession. Good for them.

More Pot on the street means lower prices means less crime involved.

Wait did I just say that?
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HBHB
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04:42 PM on 02/08/2010
"The ongoing probe of the suspected money ring at 153 Mulberry St., an apartment adjacent to the Italian American Museum".

So what does the Museum have to do with anything? What are they trying to say here??
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Pass The Pakalolo
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11:28 PM on 02/08/2010
the pot was old..
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ConcernedAboutRFuture
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04:29 PM on 02/08/2010
Cops are like the worst thing for society right now..... big ego, small brain.... and a gun.... ruining people's lives whenever they can... .cause it makes them feel powerful....not useful, powerful. They are an extension of our very, very broken government..... that works for the 1%.
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Rand
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09:21 AM on 02/09/2010
1) Cops don't make laws

2) Cops aren't permitted to decide which laws they like

3) If you have an emergency - even a life-threatening one - deal with it yourself
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ConcernedAboutRFuture
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04:27 PM on 02/08/2010
Gimme a break! Fight some real crime you useless tax money vaccuums.
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amdezurik
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04:04 PM on 02/08/2010
little doubt there was a whole lot more money that didn't get reported and any bud they had will not to the evidence room...
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04:04 PM on 02/08/2010
Martyrs.......,
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CommonTator
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03:53 PM on 02/08/2010
Go ahead and make all the money you can off of prohibition, boys.

It'll be over soon, and you'll have to fight actual crime.
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Balzac
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02:54 PM on 02/08/2010
Sounds like a seizure of property more than anything. This doesn't make the city any safer. Now there's just a bit less marijuana, a few more people without jobs.
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amdezurik
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04:05 PM on 02/08/2010
seeing that making the city safer is not the aim PD's nationwide they accomplised their purpose.
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Rand
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09:23 AM on 02/09/2010
Police don't make the laws

If you think that they don't try to make the city safer, attend a funeral of any officer killed while protecting a civilian. I have!
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