Here's a little tale of motherly love gone awry. When a baggage handler who worked at JFK was busted for running a drug-trafficking ring, his mother flew to Africa to hire a shaman to put a voodoo curse on the prosecutor's handling the case. Kind of sweet, isn't it? But now they're both in some legal hot water that even a mystical hex can't fix. more ›

If you weren't already charmed by alleged cocaine kingpin Ceferino (Papo) Perez, who romantically had his wife work for his drug ring to earn a little money and self-worth, then you surely will be by his delightful choice of artwork. Perez was one of 22 people charged yesterday with being part of a massive cocaine ring that worked in East Harlem and the Upper East Side. And it seems Perez really let the coke trade go to his head. more ›

Pauline Wiltshire, everyone's favorite stripper-turned-med-student-turned-alleged-drug-dealer, was indicted yesterday on charges of conspiring to distribute the prescription drug Adderall. She is accused of selling thousands of the pills prescribed by her gambling anesthesiologist boyfriend to Park Slope residents. She faces 10 years in prison under federal law, and was also hit with a $30,000 forfeiture charge seeking proceeds from drug sales if she's found guilty. But currently, she's done what New Yorkers have been telling those they don't like for years, and gone back to Ohio. more ›

Suffolk police busted 18 members of a cocaine trafficking ring which included Bloods members, counterfeit money, backstabbing, and fake cocaine made from sheetrock and baking soda. Police seized about $16,000 to $18,000 worth of cocaine, several thousand dollars worth of counterfeit $20 bills, black and white hats and T-shirts labeled "Police," and a stun gun disguised as a cell phone. "The lifeblood of gangs is the illicit narcotics trade. The profits they generate contribute to other illegal activity...This is not just the sale and distribution of cocaine. It's far more than that," District Attorney Thomas Spota said ominously. more ›

Over the holidays, feds busted a Park Slope Adderall-trafficking ring, arresting at least one of the people who allegedly sold thousands of pills online which they had gotten from New York Methodist Hospital. And oh the colorful cast of characters involved: a gambling anesthesiologist, a stripper-turned-med student, a lawyer from Tennessee, and a greek chorus of mercurial hospital residents. It's basically Avenue Q come to life! more ›

Considering it was used by college kids for the first few years of its existance, is it any real surprise that Facebook has been a great tool for international drug rings? Luvman Allison has been indicted by Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn after allegedly using Facebook to arrange a heroin delivery through JFK Airport. The Ghanaian native allegedly "explicitly discussed the methods he uses to covertly transport narcotics" over the website, so clearly he's not too familiar with their lax privacy settings. more ›

Rap mogul Kareem “Biggs” Burke, one of the co-founders of Roc-A-Fella Records, was among 43 people arrested today in a massive marijuana wholesale ring based in New York and Florida. The 18-month investigation into the ring resulted in nearly $2 million in seized profits and 360 pounds of marijuana. Along with Burke, another notable bust was Matthew Stang, a writer and senior ad rep at High Times magazine. "In the case of the High Times employee, it’s a case of art imitiating real life," said Jim Hayes special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. more ›

The 12-year-old drug dealer arrested on Wednesday during a massive drug raid in Queens turned 13 behind bars. The Daily News reports, "Sources said the girl, whose name was withheld, hung out after school with some older girls at the Almeda Ave. apartment of one of the men in the drug crew. The other girls smoked pot and had sex with the dealers in exchange for drugs and pocket money. But while the 13-year-old - who looked older than her age - didn't have sex with the men, she was sent out to peddle drugs for them." Cops only found out her age when her mom came to the station house. more ›

During a raid of a massive Queens drug ring, police say that they arrested a 12-year-old girl who was selling drugs. The Post reports, "The grade-schooler, whose name was not released because of her age, sold the drugs to an undercover, officials said. 'She does not look 12,' said NYPD Inspector Michael Bryan. 'We were very shocked to find out' her age." more ›

As a result of a 9-month-long joint investigation involving wiretaps on 28 telephone lines, video surveillance, and "buys" by undercover detectives, the NYPD has busted a massive heroin ring in the Fordham section of the Bronx. Known as "La Perla Organization," it dealt an estimated $40,000 a day worth of the drug at three street corners in the Bronx, and operated out of three mills in Riverdale and Pehlam Parkway. The Bronx DA says an "overwhelming" number of those arrested were members of the Latin Kings. more ›

Police arrested 28 people—including three high school students—in a cocaine and crack bust in a housing project near Lincoln Center. The suspects are accused of selling drugs inside the Amsterdam Houses—a complex of 13 buildings between 61st and 65th streets, and Amsterdam and West End avenues, the Post reports. After Amsterdam Houses residents began complaining about seeing drug transactions and drug paraphernalia, officers launched an investigation and observed more than 50 drug deals in five different buildings since July. Officials told the tabloid that dealers used students who lived in the complex as "look-outs and dealers-in-training." According to the indictment [Word document], 12 of the suspects were charged with selling controlled substances near a school. more ›

Corey Haim's death is currently under investigation following a link authorities found to an "illegal and massive prescription drug ring." The ring allegedly orders the prescription pads using stolen doctor identities and sells them to addicts and dealers. An unauthorized prescription in Haim's name was found during an ongoing probe of fraudulent pads, and CNN was told it was "very recent, and it involves Oxycontin and we're not talking just 40 pills, more than that." more ›

Feds have busted a Park Slope anesthesiologist accused of writing Adderall prescriptions for phony patients, who filled them and sold the study drug on the streets. The doctor, Michael Hosny Gabriel, may have used his profits to fund a gambling habit. He “carried large sums of cash to Atlantic City” one informant told the Feds, adding that the medical man kept a gun in his bedroom. And though Dr. Gabriel was the Adderall ring's kingpin, he had help: the Daily News says other doctors at his Brooklyn hospital are also implicated in the case. more ›

Today a former NYC police sergeant pleaded guilty to using an NYPD computer to get inside information for a crack dealer while on-duty. The pusher suspected he was being followed by law enforcement and asked his cop friend Roosevelt Green—who's since retired from the force—to get him license plate information. Unfortunately for him, the sergeant's punishment, six months behind bars, far exceeds the payment he received for his misdeed: a warm-up suit and a pair of sneakers. The dealer and 14 other members of his drug ring await sentencing, according to AP. more ›

Nine people were arrested for allegedly smuggling cocaine inside children's toy packaging. NY1 reports that "four kilograms of cocaine, four handguns, and more than $86,000" during the investigation. The suspects pleaded not guilty to charges including drug possession and money laundering; a prosecutor said, "We're investigating whether they were paid in cocaine." One employee worked in a check-cashing facility, and it's believed he laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars there, and the ringleader allegedly wired the money back to Puerto Rico. As for the smuggling, the DEA says kilos of coke were "concealed inside children’s toy tool boxes and large building toy container boxes" and then "the organization used United States Postal Service Express Mail to make deliveries to drop off addresses in Manhattan and the Bronx." more ›