Criminal pipeline: NYC gangs brought drugs into NH, left with guns

[jpak]

http://bangordailynews.com/2016/03/13/news/nation/criminal-pipeline-nyc-gangs-brought-drugs-into-nh-left-with-guns/

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — The arrest of 84 alleged gang members in New York City on Thursday highlights a trend in the flow of drugs into New Hampshire that law enforcement agencies have been monitoring for the past two years: New York City, and the Bronx in particular, are fast replacing Lawrence, Massachusetts, as the key source of heroin and other hard drugs sold in New Hampshire.

Not only that, but guns are becoming a popular form of currency in a deadly trade that sees cheap drugs from the Bronx sold at huge profits in New Hampshire, while comparatively cheap guns from New Hampshire are sold at huge profits on the streets of New York.

Law enforcement agencies are calling it “a gang alliance that ravaged West Bronx with gunfire and New England towns with drugs.”

That was the headline the District Attorney for Bronx County put on his news release Thursday in announcing what he called “the largest gang takedown in Bronx history.”

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[hobbit709]

1. Cue the Bernie blamers.

[Initech]

2. That is some scary shit there.

Drugs for guns - thanks NRA!

[NutmegYankee]

3. Thank the War on drugs.

If drugs were not illegal, the gangs wouldn't have any profit.