9 Rounded Up In Gowanus Drug Sting

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Police arrested and indicted 9 members of an alleged drug syndicate operating in the Gowanus Houses in Brookyln, reports Brownstoner.

A four-year operation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Agency and the NYPD netted the defendants who are all accused of conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine.

One of the defendants, Ronald ‘Ra Diggs’ Herron, 28, boasts on twitter, myspace, and youtube about illegal activity. Herron, a rapper as well as alleged drug dealer, makes similar claims in music videos on the channel belonging to the group that produces the videos, Vangod Entertainment. Herron, an ex-con, was tried for murder of a rival gang leader in 2002 but beat the rap when two witnesses refused to testify. It was believed they had been intimidated into silence.

Raids by the police and DEA of apartments in the Gowanus Houses turned up quantities of drugs and money as well weapons and ammunition.

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