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Posted in music on November 23, 2009

"Huge bust at hipster drug den"

Drug Den

Cops busted a Williamsburg super and two others on Wednesday for running a massive drug warehouse out of defunct bar and hiding their stash in a sauna.

Narcotics investigators seized more than $800,000 and 18 kilos of cocaine from the second-floor apartment above the former site of the Laila Lounge on N. Seventh Street between Wythe and Berry streets, according to the office of the city's special narcotics prosecutor.

Three suspects -- Ronald Lugo, 44, Christina Ladeveze, 48, and Johanny Olmedo, 51 -- were arraigned on drug possession charges on Thursday night. Authorities believe that the trio stored the dope in the their apartment for distribution all over the city. [Brooklyn Paper] (via)


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Posted on November 23, 2009 11:46 AM

Comments (60)

Great now prices are gonna skyrocket again!

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 11:48 AM

damn, that sucks

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 11:49 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 11:58 AM

-- Ronald Lugo, 44, Christina Ladeveze, 48, and Johanny Olmedo, 51

yeah they sound like hipsters.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 12:04 PM

perhaps them rich kid billyburg hipsters should try to spend daddy's money consume 3 daily servings of food instead of cocaine. gain a few pounds and perhaps look for a new drug of choice for all that easy loot.

Posted by h8bourgies | November 23, 2009 12:08 PM

Blah blah blah hipsters, cocaine... let the barrage of stupid comments from idiots commence!!

It wasn't "hipster" drug dealers you idiots.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 12:21 PM

I take a roxicet every single day now. Any one else addicted to those nasty painkillers? I haven't not taken one in about 5 months and am scared shitless how I am going to feel when I stop cold turkey.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 12:21 PM

LOL @ doing cocaine in the first place.

This ain't no scarface shit, hipsters.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 12:33 PM

Seriously, coke is insanely lame

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 12:41 PM

What is insanely cool then??? I NEED TO KNOW.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 12:44 PM

i bet it has taken them 5 years to build up the lead for this bust.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 12:46 PM

The drug den was the apartment above the empty bar, not the bar itself right?

Also, any hipster worth his or her skinny jeans knows that what is considered "lame" becomes "cool" if done "ironically."

Posted by Regular reader | November 23, 2009 12:48 PM

How many hipsters living in Williamsburg and Bushwick actually do yip....

Probably like 15%....

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 12:53 PM

they probably liked Liturgy

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 12:56 PM

"Huge bust?" I was hoping for porn!

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 1:15 PM

@12:04pm: Why can't hispanics be hipsters you racist 'tard?

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 1:36 PM

Johanny and Ronald should have realized something was up when Bubbles insisted on putting those hats on their heads.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 1:43 PM

1:36 - i think he was referring to their age

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 1:44 PM

That's too bad, I used to play here. Guess I'll have to book one of the other 500 bars in Billyburg where people ignore you, stare at the TV, and push you out of the way when its their turn on the bill.

Posted by cap rhino | November 23, 2009 1:45 PM

1:36 - age, perhaps? And racism isn't ok but making fun of mentally handicapped is? Dipshit.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 1:46 PM

i bought blow from these guys then did rails off of jeremy jays dick.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 1:54 PM

cocaine isn't dope!

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 2:03 PM

what does cocaine have to do with hipsters? i believe you're thinking of "yuppies". or "soccer moms".

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 2:06 PM

middle age, Spanish-speaking, dope-dealing retards in an expensive, hip neighborhood.

I smell sitcom.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 2:07 PM

is this not one block away from vice hdqtrs?

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 2:20 PM

who can afford an expensive cocaine habit but the unemployed-yet-rich white kids in williamsburg ??? of course, there is also their thief, adult relatives in wall street...but i reckon they got a separate dealer, closer to the south american source.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 2:27 PM

Enjoy life in prison.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 2:42 PM

cocaine is the worst.

Posted by bill wilson | November 23, 2009 2:50 PM

Thank god it wasn't weed!

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 2:51 PM

Spicsters?

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 2:52 PM

fuck you 2:42, all they doin is supplying the never-ending american demand for drugs. it surely is comfortable to sit back and jail all the dealers without attacking the core demand. a useless war on drugs, and an inherent oppressive system. do you enjoy your cynicism while jails are overcrowded over an unjust system? dick.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 2:54 PM

@252: a hipster is a priviledged individual that seems stylish only cuz its dictated as hip. find me a priviledged hispanic in williamsburg and ill find you a jar for your racism.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 2:57 PM

oh... lighten up douche bag. It was only a reference to the bullshit term "blipster" that was thrown around last year. Fuck you and your whiny self-righteous bullshit.
I said spicter to the hispanic guy that I work with sitting right next to me right now and he thought it was funny.
PC douche bags...

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 3:01 PM

hipspanics

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 3:08 PM

@308: now THAT is clever!

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 3:13 PM

fuck you 2:42, all they doin is supplying the never-ending american demand for drugs. it surely is comfortable to sit back and jail all the dealers without attacking the core demand. a useless war on drugs, and an inherent oppressive system. do you enjoy your cynicism while jails are overcrowded over an unjust system? dick.


Is this guy for real?

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 3:22 PM

What is insanely cool then??? I NEED TO KNOW.

Answer - Weed.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 3:31 PM

What is insanely cool then??? I NEED TO KNOW.
answer - adrenochrome

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 3:35 PM

"What is insanely cool then??? I NEED TO KNOW."

If you'd like to make an investment in your "core coolness" that will have a greater "insanely cool" payoff in the long term, rather than working on a short-term cool-investment/immediate cool-benefits basis, then I believe the answer is to find something that you enjoy doing and do it consistently and sincerely. Sincerity+enjoyment+consistency.

What I had in mind when I wrote that down was creative endeavor or altruistic social work, but I think I've also described being addicted to drugs or being a serial killer.

Posted by Aaron | November 23, 2009 3:56 PM

Meth mouth

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 4:30 PM

3:01

that shit is not funny though. it's not about being "PC". your co-worker laughed cause he either felt that he NEEDED to laugh to not make you feel bad, or he's just a dick who laughs at anything.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 4:37 PM

1:43. Nailed it.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 4:42 PM

thank you 437

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 4:49 PM

"3:01

that shit is not funny though. it's not about being "PC". your co-worker laughed cause he either felt that he NEEDED to laugh to not make you feel bad, or he's just a dick who laughs at anything."

No.. fuck you. I'm white, and I feel that since I went to a school where i was the minority, AND most of my friends are minorities. Words don't mean anything... it's the intention behind them. To act like the word "spic" doesn't exist and can't be used in a joke... is to be an uptight uncomfortable white-bread piece of shit. You are so insulated and out of touch with reality that words make you uncomfortable because you feel guilty for being the over-privileged dick-head that you are. If you actually exposed yourself to people who are minorities, you might not be so uptight about words. Most of the time, the people who you think are so offended aren't.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 6:01 PM

NEXT!

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 7:18 PM

don't do drugs! just fuck in the ass!

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 7:43 PM

2:54 is a fucking retard.

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 7:44 PM

heroin is the new hipster jam

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 8:33 PM

yay all the way

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 9:24 PM

thank you 7:44, a captivating counter-point!

Posted by Anonymous | November 23, 2009 11:46 PM

1:36 - age, perhaps? And racism isn't ok but making fun of mentally handicapped is? Dipshit.


Yes what a surprise. I wonder if anyone of the many people on here minus a few have worked with people with disabilities?? Its much more rewarding than the disease of entertainment in America.

Had to switch up the typical direction this post took.

Posted by Anonymous | November 24, 2009 1:48 AM

^^^ you suck. go cry to girlfriends. pussy.

Aaron @ 356, your Sincerity+enjoyment+consistency concept is brilliant and hilariously presented!

Posted by dtb | November 24, 2009 11:18 AM

"I think heroin's great." -- Perry Farrell

Coke -- not so much.

Posted by Anonymous | November 24, 2009 11:19 AM

thank you 7:44, a captivating counter-point!


It isn't even worth getting into an internet debate with that moron. Seriously. That was one of the most asinine comments i have ever heard on this site.

Posted by Anonymous | November 24, 2009 12:45 PM

the fucking yuppies of williamsburg!

Posted by Anonymous | November 24, 2009 2:07 PM

I've never had a problem with drugs -- only with cops.

Posted by Anonymous | November 24, 2009 2:23 PM

Smack is far better value for money: coke is for Wall St. greedhead retards.

Posted by Anonymous | November 24, 2009 2:25 PM

I guess it won't be snowing much in Billyburg this year -- the end times are surely near!

Posted by Anonymous | November 24, 2009 2:26 PM

coke is so not hipster chic, everyone dont do it

Posted by Anonymous | November 24, 2009 8:13 PM

I hate cocaine. I just like the way it smells.

Posted by Anonymous | November 25, 2009 10:12 AM

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