Girl, 12, arrested as drug dealer

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12-year-old girl collared in Rockaway drug busts

Kerry Burke
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

 

Thursday, August 19th 2010, 4:00 AM

 

A massive drug sweep in Queens yielded a pile of cash, three luxury rides - and a 12-year-old dealer, cops said. 

Police said Wednesday they caught the preteen girl dealing crack and marijuana. 

"She was picked up outside a drug location," said Inspector Michael Bryan, commander of the Queens narcotics unit. 

The unidentified girl was charged with felony drug sales. 

"She had previously sold to undercover officers," Bryan said. 

Cops collared 43 dealers in 10 morning raids at the Ocean Bay Houses, the Ocean Village Apartments and three homes along Beach Channel Drive between Beach 51st St. and Beach 58th St. in the Rockaways, cops said. 

The undercover investigation started in March. In those undercover buys, cops collected 9 pounds of marijuana, 118 grams of crack and 20 grams of heroin. 

Wednesday, investigators seized 11 pounds of pot, a quantity of crack, $14,000 in cash, two Mercedes-Benzes and a BMW, police said. 

"We made a significant dent in drug and narcotic sales in the area," Bryan said. 

Most of the dealers had prior arrests for crimes ranging from murder and robbery to narcotics and weapons possession. 

But even experienced cops were shocked by the girl's arrest. 

"We're still trying to determine who she was working with," Bryan said. "She certainly didn't look 12."


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