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Men in Brown Are Men in Orange After UPS Heroin Bust

upswhiteboard.jpgThree UPS employees and a fourth man were arrested earlier this week after police followed a package filled with heroin to a 29th St. address. The package had been identified as being filled with drugs at a UPS distribution hub in Kentucky.

The package was delivered to its intended address at 104 West 29th St. by an undercover cop dressed as a UPS employee and the NYPD then sat on the address. Eventually, three UPS drivers arrived and were arrested with 10 pounds of heroin. The drugs were estimated to be worth $1 million.

Early last year, a UPS delivery man was arrested for running a scheme that included stolen credit cards and swiped Sidekicks. The high-tech handsets would be ordered with stolen credit cards and then intercepted by other drivers in on the plan, who would be paid $50 per Sidekick.

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  • sonyactivision

    My UPS driver is a wonderful junkie named Steve and he always shares a smile and a laugh with the girls in the office. We consider him family and always help him with fresh works whenever necessary. And he has yet to miss a delivery in over 5 years of trustworthy service.

  • tnturner

    104 W.29th is the addy for Caroline Distribution and Astralwerks Records. Funny.

  • aryn

    my office is on w.29th and our usual UPS man has been missing for the past week or so...

  • Nick S

    not relevant to this post, but in that little flash animation for the air i breathe..what on earth happened to brendan fraser? little puffy, dawg.

  • anonymous

    Gives a new meaning to "What can brown do for you?"

  • matty

    Nice work on the image. hahhaha.

  • Nick S

    best MS paint graphic on gothamist EVER!!

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