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Newsbrief:
New
York
City
Cops
in
Paraphernalia
Sweep,
Big
Hoopla,
Misdemeanor
Arrests
5/24/02
New York City resorted to
an undercover initiative lasting weeks and costing hundreds of police man-hours
to arrest 124 persons for mainly misdemeanor charges of selling drug paraphernalia
on May 16. Standing before dozens of bags of seized bongs, crack
pipes, scales, Ziploc baggies and filters, Police Commissioner Raymond
Kelly convened a press conference to tout the busts as "part of our renewed
assault on quality-of-life crimes in all five boroughs."
The cutely acronymed "Operation
CROP" (Coordinated Response to Outlaw Paraphernalia) led to raids at 58
newspaper stands, bodegas and other businesses across the city's five boroughs.
Next, said Kelly, will be an effort to shut those businesses down.
The city will bring civil proceedings against the small businesses, he
said.
"In a single day, we got
massive amounts of illegal paraphernalia off the streets of New York and
arrested the 124 criminals who peddle them," said the commissioner.
He did not say how many of those arrested were paraphernalia kingpins and
how many were minimum wage clerks.
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Issue #238, 5/24/02
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