News (Media Awareness Project) - US NY: Police Seize 1M Ecstasy Pills |
Title: | US NY: Police Seize 1M Ecstasy Pills |
Published On: | 2001-07-19 |
Source: | Los Angeles Times (CA) |
Fetched On: | 2008-09-01 00:39:28 |
POLICE SEIZE 1M ECSTASY PILLS
NEW YORK -- Police raided an apartment and found 450 pounds of Ecstasy
pills worth $40 million, the largest seizure of the popular club drug in
the city's history, officials said.
Police seized more than one million pills and found $187,000 in cash in the
Tuesday night raid.
They were led to the apartment by a drug investigation that focused on two
men identified as Israelis -- David Roash, 28, and Israel Ashkenazi, 25.
One of the men was staying at the apartment.
Roash and Ashkenazi were suppliers who gave dealers about 100,000 pills to
sell at a time, Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik said Wednesday. Ecstasy
pills are sold for $20 to $40 per pill.
The two suspects were arrested and charged with a variety of drug offenses,
and could face up to life in prison if convicted.
MDMA, the synthetic psychoactive drug more commonly known as Ecstasy,
became popular at late-night parties known as "raves," and its use has
since spread.
It typically induces feelings of euphoria and dramatically raises blood
pressure, heart rate and body temperature.
NEW YORK -- Police raided an apartment and found 450 pounds of Ecstasy
pills worth $40 million, the largest seizure of the popular club drug in
the city's history, officials said.
Police seized more than one million pills and found $187,000 in cash in the
Tuesday night raid.
They were led to the apartment by a drug investigation that focused on two
men identified as Israelis -- David Roash, 28, and Israel Ashkenazi, 25.
One of the men was staying at the apartment.
Roash and Ashkenazi were suppliers who gave dealers about 100,000 pills to
sell at a time, Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik said Wednesday. Ecstasy
pills are sold for $20 to $40 per pill.
The two suspects were arrested and charged with a variety of drug offenses,
and could face up to life in prison if convicted.
MDMA, the synthetic psychoactive drug more commonly known as Ecstasy,
became popular at late-night parties known as "raves," and its use has
since spread.
It typically induces feelings of euphoria and dramatically raises blood
pressure, heart rate and body temperature.
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