Drug Bust Also Nets Guns, But That’s Impossible!

By Tom Knighton

A recent drug bust in New York state resulted in 16 arrests. In the process, they recovered a lot more than drugs. They also netted a handful of guns.

@AGSchneiderman announces 16 indictments in connection with major Hudson Valley drug bust. Operation Yellow Brick Road had 200 customers a day. Gang sold heroin and cocaine. @wcbs880 pic.twitter.com/LYH6pr7ZHd

— Peter Haskell (@peterhaskell880) February 13, 2018

From CBS New York:

New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Tuesday announced the takedown of a narcotics distribution gang in the Hudson Valley.

“As you can see here, we’ve recovered a lot of drugs,” Schneiderman said. “We’ve recovered cash. We’ve recovered guns.”

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Officials say several of the suspects are members of the 600 Gang operating out of Newburgh, the hometown of 14 of the 16 people charged. The other two suspects are from Poughkeepsie and Paterson, New Jersey.

The drugs were often purchased in New York City and in Paterson, New Jersey, Schneiderman said.

Yet this is impossible.

You see, New York has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation. I’m not even talking about New York City here, but the state as a whole. These are laws that New …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms