FBI Arrest Four In Queens, Long Island Drug Raids

On Thursday night, the FBI raided six locations in Queens and on Long Island that the agency believes supplies drugs to street gangs on Long Island. Newsday reports, "The arrests were the first phase in a long-term operation aimed at breaking up gangs, such as the Bloods and the Crips, by eventually charging members with drug offenses that carry long-term prison sentences." An FBI agent explained that the suspects would use a code—which was originally developed by the Five-Percenters (the suspects were not Five-Percenters)—that substituted numbers with words: "In the code, the number three, for example, stood for the word 'understanding' and the number six for 'equality.' So when the suspects said 'understanding' and 'equality' together, they were saying a kilo of cocaine cost $36,000," according to the agent. Four people were arrested, all pleaded not guilty to drug distribution charges and all were held without bail.

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By Jen Chung in News on June 27, 2009 9:34 AM

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economycar

Since when does cocaine cost $36k a kilo? Is this magical pixie cocaine or is this FBI agent just an idiot?

starrygordon

Legalizing drugs would also be bad for the police and FBI business.

And how would these gangs support themselves? Supplying drugs to the masses is at least useful. They might turn to serious crimes.

I thought, though, that the "Bloods" and the "Crips", having been in the newspapers for years and years, were passé. I'm afraid I smell the aroma of bullshit here.

The Edge

Take a ride through Newark, Jersey City, Camden, as well as a number of towns in LI. They're all still around, maybe not as "in your face" as the 80's, but they're still there.