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Pot dealers in New York are apparently willing to make house calls to white collar customers in an attempt to service clientele unwilling to travel to the hood.
According to a report by the Associated Press, experts say home delivery is far from a new concept, but it has been growing in popularity in recent years as dealers are adopting a more corporate style of satisfying customers.
Chris, a 37-year-old salesman in Manhattan, dials a pager number and gets a return call from a dispatcher who takes his order for potent strains of marijuana. Several hours later, a well-groomed delivery man - sometimes a moonlighting actor or chef — shows up with his order of weed neatly packaged in small plastic containers.
"These are very nice, discreet people," said Chris, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition only his first name be used. "There's an unspoken trust. It's better than going to some street corner and getting ripped off or killed."
Last year, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a sophisticated drug operation nicknamed the Cartoon Network. After using wiretaps and surveillance and making undercover buys, DEA agents arrested 12 people in the drug ring, which operated out of a roving call center taht processed some 600 orders a day from doctors, lawyers, Wall Street traders - even on Christmas, investigators said.
One former customer named Lucia, a 30-year-old employee at an entertainment cable network, recalled blatant deals done at the company's Manhattan headquarters. Executives and employees would pool their orders as if they were buying lunch together, then await the arrival of a courier, Lucia said.
The cost was $60 for one plastic case holding two grams of marijuana - a steep markup, but worth it because of convenience and quality, she said. "It was kind, kind bud," she said. "Yummy stuff."
Cartoon's alleged mastermind, John Nebel, "should have been the CEO of a Fortune 500 company," said his attorney, Steve Zissou. Instead, Nebel, who is awaiting trial, could get a minimum of 10 years in federal prison if convicted. Prosecutors also are demanding the forfeiture of $22 million in cash, homes, cars, motorcycles and a boat owned by him and his cohorts.
Authorities conceded the home delivery trade will probably survive because of the high demand for marijuana and the low penalties for dealing it.
Newshawk: BluntKilla - 420Magazine.com
Source: EURweb
Pubdate: November 13, 2006
Copyright: 2006 Rabercom Enterprises
Contact: info@eurweb.com
Website: EURweb.com - Black Entertainment | Black News | Urban News | Hip Hop News
According to a report by the Associated Press, experts say home delivery is far from a new concept, but it has been growing in popularity in recent years as dealers are adopting a more corporate style of satisfying customers.
Chris, a 37-year-old salesman in Manhattan, dials a pager number and gets a return call from a dispatcher who takes his order for potent strains of marijuana. Several hours later, a well-groomed delivery man - sometimes a moonlighting actor or chef — shows up with his order of weed neatly packaged in small plastic containers.
"These are very nice, discreet people," said Chris, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition only his first name be used. "There's an unspoken trust. It's better than going to some street corner and getting ripped off or killed."
Last year, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a sophisticated drug operation nicknamed the Cartoon Network. After using wiretaps and surveillance and making undercover buys, DEA agents arrested 12 people in the drug ring, which operated out of a roving call center taht processed some 600 orders a day from doctors, lawyers, Wall Street traders - even on Christmas, investigators said.
One former customer named Lucia, a 30-year-old employee at an entertainment cable network, recalled blatant deals done at the company's Manhattan headquarters. Executives and employees would pool their orders as if they were buying lunch together, then await the arrival of a courier, Lucia said.
The cost was $60 for one plastic case holding two grams of marijuana - a steep markup, but worth it because of convenience and quality, she said. "It was kind, kind bud," she said. "Yummy stuff."
Cartoon's alleged mastermind, John Nebel, "should have been the CEO of a Fortune 500 company," said his attorney, Steve Zissou. Instead, Nebel, who is awaiting trial, could get a minimum of 10 years in federal prison if convicted. Prosecutors also are demanding the forfeiture of $22 million in cash, homes, cars, motorcycles and a boat owned by him and his cohorts.
Authorities conceded the home delivery trade will probably survive because of the high demand for marijuana and the low penalties for dealing it.
Newshawk: BluntKilla - 420Magazine.com
Source: EURweb
Pubdate: November 13, 2006
Copyright: 2006 Rabercom Enterprises
Contact: info@eurweb.com
Website: EURweb.com - Black Entertainment | Black News | Urban News | Hip Hop News
