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Drug Kings of New York

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  • A masked NYC dealer with a tray of heroin. New York is Americas largest city, a huge distribution hub with an equally large appetite for narcotics.
  • Heroin measured out by a drug dealer. From an elite dealer supplying lawyers, bankers and Wall St traders with the highest quality drugs in the city, to the marijuana courier who delivers bud like pizza and Brooklyn heroin dealer supplying the streets every segment of Big Apple society is catered for by the drug business.
  • Heroin measured out by a drug dealer. In suburbia, a surge in prescription pain pill abuse, is turning many on to heroin and addiction is reaching epidemic proportions. Leading the battle are the DEA and Customs agents at JFK.
  • DEA Special Agent, James Hunt at his desk.
  • New York Special Narcotics Prosecutor - AKA Drug Tsar, Bridget by the Office of Special Narcotics crest.
  • Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of drugs are seized every year
  • 25% of the heroin thats seized in the United States is seized in New York City.
  • Peter Haynes is an Ex-Wall street Broker who lives homeless on the streets of New Yorks SOHO. He used to ski, have nice cars and a house but has lost everything to fund his addiction.
  • Mr Fence is a dealer to Manhattans elite, his clients are businessmen, doctors, lawyers and Wall St bankers. He is a one stop shop, a drug supermarket offering 35 different narcotics from weed, to cocaine, magic mushrooms, MDMA, LSD and opiate pain pills.

  • The Dealer

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    A masked NYC dealer with a tray of heroin. New York is America’s largest city, a huge distribution hub with an equally large appetite for narcotics.

  • On the Scale

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels

    Heroin measured out by a drug dealer. From an elite dealer supplying lawyers, bankers and Wall St traders with the highest quality drugs in the city, to the marijuana courier who delivers bud like pizza and Brooklyn heroin dealer supplying the streets every segment of Big Apple society is catered for by the drug business.

  • Heroin

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels

    Heroin measured out by a drug dealer. In suburbia, a surge in prescription pain pill abuse, is turning many on to heroin and addiction is reaching epidemic proportions. Leading the battle are the DEA and Customs agents at JFK.

  • DEA Agent

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels

    DEA Special Agent, James Hunt at his desk.

  • Narcotics Prosecutor

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels

    New York Special Narcotics Prosecutor - AKA Drug Tsar, Bridget by the Office of Special Narcotics crest.

  • Seized Heroin

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels

    Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of drugs are seized every year

  • The Evidence

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels

    25% of the heroin that’s seized in the United States is seized in New York City.

  • Peter Haynes

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels

    Peter Haynes is an Ex-Wall street Broker who lives homeless on the streets of New York’s SOHO. He used to ski, have nice cars and a house but has lost everything to fund his addiction.

  • Masked Man

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels

    Mr. Fence is a dealer to Manhattan’s elite, his clients are businessmen, doctors, lawyers and Wall St bankers. He is a one stop shop, a drug supermarket offering 35 different narcotics from weed, to cocaine, magic mushrooms, MDMA, LSD and opiate pain pills.

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