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Suffolk DA: Heroin, prostitution ring busted

Originally published: August 13, 2012 8:59 AM
Updated: August 13, 2012 9:39 PM
By DAVID UBERTI AND JOSEPH MALLIA  david.uberti@newsday.com,joseph.mallia@newsday.com

A Suffolk County judge was set to unseal

A Suffolk County judge was set to unseal the indictment of eight suspects in the heroin and prostitution ring on Monday, the same day District Attorney Thomas Spota held a news conference announcing the bust by heroin task force detectives, in an investigation that began in June 2011. Videojournalist: Joseph Sullivan (Aug. 13, 2012) (August 13, 2012 5:51 PM)

Standing beside a table with uncut heroin, several Rolex watches, $130,000 in cash and a diamond necklace, Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota Monday announced the arrest of eight people in a drug and prostitution ring after a yearlong investigation.

The criminal conspiracy was unusual, Spota said, because the same people were directing a ring that encompassed both drugs and prostitution....

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