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arrests in alleged drug pipeline to L.I. Investigation into route said to begin in G.N., Manhasset The defendants have been accused of trafficking drugs throughout New York City and Nine people have been ar- Long Island out of residences rested and charged as part of in Astoria, Queens, and the an alleged multi-million dollar narcotics pipeline that ran from Mexico to New York and distributed heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and anabolic steroids to Nassau County communities, Nassau County prosecutors Bronx from vehicles driven to the United States from Mexico said Thursday. The arrests come follow- and “mules” that flew east from ing an 18-month investigation California, prosecutors said. Proceeds from drug sales by the Nassau County District attorney’s office and multiple were transported by “mules” law enforcement agencies at who carried cash onto planes various levels across multiple and in vehicles as well as states that began with under- through money orders and wire cover police officers purchasing transfers, prosecutors said. “The investigators on this heroin from dealers in Great Neck and Manhasset, prosecu- case stopped at nothing, and these are dangerous defentors said.
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Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice (at lectern) described an alleged heroin pipeline that transported drugs to New York from Mexico for distribution throughout the area.
dants,” Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said during a news conference detailing the investigation, which she described as still ongoing. “...I hope that it will put some dent [into the Nassau County drug trade], but it’s not going to stop the [heroin] epidemic.” There were 44 fatal heroin overdoses in Nassau County in 2013, according to county figures, as well as 115 deaths to prescription drug overdoses. “Heroin is a scourge on our society. It’s a national problem and there’s no exceptions here in Nassau County,” Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano said during the news conference. “...There are far too many funerals, far too many families broken up, and Continued on Page 42
Groups join together to battle anti-Semitism By A dA m L i d g e t t
help combat what they say is a growing number of anti-SemitA group of Jewish advo- ic incidents both in New York cacy organizations on Long Is- and abroad, Steven Markowitz, land have joined together to chairman of the Holocaust Me-
morial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, said in a press release. “We need to show people what to do and that this is a serious problem,” Markowitz said. “We need to show people they can participate in the stand against antiSemitism.” Markowitz said the
groups that make up the coalition besides the Holocaust Center include the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Community Relations Council, the Long Island Board of Rabbis and the Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity and Human Understanding, he said. He said the idea for the
group, known as the Long Island Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism, began about two months ago. The Holocaust center, he said, had been talking with other Jewish advocacy groups and police organizations about what they could do to not feel helpless in the fight against growing antiSemitism. Continued on Page 42
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