‘Coronavirus’ heroin seized in New York City drug bust
NEW YORK — Marketing-savvy New York City drug dealers have seized on the COVID-19 pandemic, selling heroin in glassine packets stamped with the word “coronavirus” next to a biohazard symbol.
Authorities busted a Bronx heroin/fentanyl packaging mill they say produced more than $1 million worth of individual dose envelopes stamped “coronavirus,” “24 Black Mamba,” “Hiroshima,” “Isis,” “Antrax” and “95.”
The “24 Black Mamba” stamped heroin was a reference to the death of NBA star Kobe Bryant.
“Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we arrested six drug traffickers who aptly branded their product ‘coronavirus’,” said New York DEA Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan. “Traffickers market their drugs like businesses, branding their product with stamps to attract users, like ’24 Black Mamba,’ or use an ‘Antrax’ stamp to designate origins and reference enforcer gangs of the Sinaloa Cartel.”
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