Two NY Postal Employees Arrested on Drug Trafficking Via US Mail
The following Press Release from the US Department of Justice:
John P. Gilbride the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (”DEA”) and Police Commissioner Thomas R. Sofield, Sr. of the Long Beach Police Department announced the arrest of John Moore 49, of Cambria Heights and Richard Broughton, 34 of Springfield Gardens, two United States Postal employees who worked out of the Long Beach Post Office. They were arrested and charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree for trafficking marijuana through the U.S. postal system.
The ongoing investigation began about a month ago when the Long Beach Police Department’s Narcotic Task Force was notified by the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General of suspicious activity that was occurring at the Long Beach Post Office. A joint narcotics investigation between the Long Beach Detective Divisions’ Narcotic Task Force and the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General was initiated. The investigation uncovered that large quantities of Marijuana were being transported from California via the US Postal system to Long Beach. The marijuana was shipped in boxes that contained approximately 50 lbs. of Marijuana addressed to fictitious Long Beach addressees.
This investigation was assisted by the DEA Long Island Resident Office.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:01 pm
The managers needed the weed to control their selves. Maybe if they split the profit with the boys with badges the whole thing could have gone up in smoke…sniff..sniff…dats gooood!
August 21st, 2008 at 6:41 pm
It is amazing to me that people will now judge all of us who work in Long Beach based on the actions of 2 individuals who decided to make a very stupid mistake
August 22nd, 2008 at 5:07 am
To the Long Beach postal worker who left response #2: Anyone with half a brain knows that you postal workers, carriers and clerks, are a very hard-working, good group of people. You won’t be judged unfairly by any intelligent people. Who cares what the rest think.
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:27 pm
To the Long Beach postal worker who left response #2:Nothing against hardworking workers like you. But when “They were arrested and charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree for trafficking marijuana through the U.S. postal system”, it’s not they “decided to make a very stupid mistake”. It’s greed. The only “mistake” they mad was, they didn’t think of getting caught. Get away once, and then do more.. Until get caught.
August 25th, 2008 at 11:46 am
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