Current Events > Frank Lucas, drug kingpin, dies at 88

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https://www.tmz.com/2019/05/31/frank-lucas-dead-dies-88-drug-dealer-american-gangster-denzel-washington

Frank Lucas, one of America's most infamous drug kingpins, died Thursday night ... TMZ has confirmed.

Frank, famously played by Denzel Washington in the 2007 movie "American Gangster," died in New Jersey, according to his brother. We're told Frank was being transported to a hospital for an unknown health issue and died on the way.

Lucas rose to power dealing heroin in Harlem in the 1960s and '70s, and he boasted of cutting out middlemen by buying his product directly from Southeast Asia ... then smuggling the drugs back to America using the coffins of dead U.S. servicemen.

Frank was born and raised in North Carolina before moving to New York City ... where he eventually got into the drug trade, cutting into the Italian mafia's business and carving a name for himself.

Lucas bragged his heroin was among the purest on the street, and he infamously dubbed his product, "Blue Magic." While he was at the top of the NYC drug trade, Frank rubbed elbows with elites from Hollywood, politics and the business world.

Frank was finally busted in the mid 1970s and all of his enormous assets and wealth were seized. Lucas owned property across the country in Chicago, Miami, Detroit, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina -- and even Puerto Rico.

When the DEA raided Frank's Jersey home in 1975, agents found more than $584,000 in cash.

Frank was convicted of federal and state drug violations ... and sentenced to 70 years in prison. Lucas ratted out others in the drug biz, and he and his family entered a witness protection program.

After 5 years in custody, Frank had his sentence reduced to time served plus lifetime parole ... but he was later busted for drug dealing again, and spent another 7 years behind bars before being released in 1991.

Frank is survived by his 7 children. He was 88.
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R.I.P.
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What an all-around piece of human garbage
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Imagine being able to snitch your way out of going to jail for being a goddamn drug lord.
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hockeybub89 posted...

Imagine being able to snitch your way out of going to jail for being a goddamn drug lord.

Is this new to you?

Hit men who killed dozens have gotten off lighter by snitching.
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i like how all these post are only negative because he's BLACK.

CanuckCowboy posted...

hockeybub89 posted...

Imagine being able to snitch your way out of going to jail for being a goddamn drug lord.

Is this new to you?

Hit men who killed dozens have gotten off lighter by snitching.

No it isn't. Just pisses me off
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hockeybub89 posted...

Imagine being able to snitch your way out of going to jail for being a goddamn drug lord.

He gave away bad cops too.
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Wasnt his story a complete and total bullshit lie?

According to Wikipedia it is.
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Le_seul_eudi posted...

i like how all these post are only negative because he's BLACK.

Yeah that must be it
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eston posted...

What an all-around piece of human garbage

This. Literally played a part in making the inner city as bad as it is.
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Scorsese2002 posted...

then smuggling the drugs back to America using the coffins of dead U.S. servicemen.

fuck this guy

This dude lived to the ripe old age of 88 and is succeeded by at least 7 children while people like Stephen Hillenburg and Stefan Karl Stefanson die at almost half that age from cancer.
Checkmate, religion.
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