Longtime customs inspector Robert Hicks dies
Photo credit: Handout | Robert K. Hicks, a 32-year veteran of the U.S. Customs Service, receives an award for his work interdicting a cocaine shipment in 1982. Hicks died March 2, 2013. He was 80.
Newsday's obituary for Robert K. Hicks
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Notable Long Islanders who died in 2011
Robert K. Hicks, a retired senior U.S. customs inspector who received commendations for helping thwart major drug smuggling operations, died March 2 from complications of diabetes. The longtime Glen Cove resident, who most recently lived in West Babylon, was 80.
Hicks, one of 12 siblings, spent 32 years as senior inspector for the U.S. Customs Service, retiring in 1987. He received commendations...
