Suspected heroin dealers busted in Hoffman death probe

[Jesus Malverde]

Cops raided a Manhattan drug den Tuesday night and arrested suspected dealers who may have been the ones who sold heroin to actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, sources said.

Authorities entered the Mott Street building and at around 7:30 p.m. and nabbed four people after getting a tip that the “Capote” star was sold heroin there a couple of months ago.

The cops found about 350 glassine envelopes with what appeared to be heroin inside in three apartments in the building, according to law enforcement sources.

The bags found in the apartments did not have the “Ace of Spades” stamp, which were on the bags found in Hoffman’s apartment, sources said.

Cops were acting on a tip and obtained a search warrant for the raid, sources said.

Police arrested Robert Vineberg, 57, Thomas Kushman 48, and charged them with felony drug possession.

http://nypost.com/2014/02/04/suspected-heroin-dealers-busted-in-hoffman-death-probe/

[1000words]

1. It takes a celebrity death for NYPD to snap into action

Junkie dies in the gutter? Meh ...

[RobinA]

2. I Was Thinking

the same. Moral of the story - don't sell drugs to famous guys.

[Warpy]

3. I'm envisioning more than a few Wall Street muckety mucks

getting drug sick today. Smack helps people who aren't sociopaths cope with a sociopathic system by shutting up that voice in the back of their heads telling them that what they're doing is nuts.

If you sell to the stars, you sell to more than one of them and you have few down and outers among your rarefied clientele.

Of course, the muckety mucks will get something by prescription rather than hang out waiting for a street dealer to show up. Still, today has got to be pretty uncomfortable for most of them.

[RC]

4. Well, we know the NSA was not involved.

Cops were acting on a tip and obtained a search warrant for the raid, sources said.