Queens DA Indicts 6 for Running Gambling Ring, Trafficking Cocaine and Heroin
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Sep/20/2013
NEW YORK (Associated Press) — Authorities say six people have been indicted in connection with a New York gambling ring that handled an estimated $1 million in bets a year.
Authorities say about 30 betting parlors operated through a central wire room in Brooklyn.
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown says the family-run ring operated in Queens, Brooklyn and Nassau County.
Police say they've recovered more than $120,000 in cash, gambling records, fax machines, hundreds of narcotic pills and various weapons.
Commissioner Raymond Kelly says officers discovered the gambling ring while investigating reports of cocaine and heroin trafficking.
