"Grand Concourse Crew" was busted dealing drugs and selling guns

"Grand Concourse Crew" was busted dealing drugs and selling guns by essentially taking over a string of apartment buildings on the busy Bronx commercial strip.
Eyewitness News has learned at least 18 members of the "crew" were charged following raids on 1215, 1236 and 1269 Grand Concourse that started early yesterday morning.
The raids, a joint FBI and NYPD operation, reportedly netted drugs and guns that were carried out by agents in boxes.
The suspects were hit with a multitude of federal gun and drug trafficking charges, including conspiracy to distribute.
Commissioner Ray Kelly, U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia and FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Donald Ackerman will hold an 11 a.m. news conference at Police Headquarters to discuss the arrests.
Officials say the busts broke up a dangerous ring that peddled crack cocaine and weapons illegally run up the Interstate 95 corridor from South Carolina to the Bronx.
Agents bought guns and semi-automatic weapons from some of the suspects, who bragged one of the weapons was used "to shoot a cop."
Large amounts of crack cocaine were also allegedly purchased inside 1269 Grand Concourse, a six-story apartment building virtually taken over by dealers.
Members of the so-called "Grand Concourse Crew" acted as look-outs in front of the building, to warn others when police were in the area, according to police.
The criminal activity virtually took over the apartment building, where dealers frequently sold drugs in the open lobby area in front of residents, including children.

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