Albuquerque Police Get Approval to Manufacture and Sell Crack Cocaine
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But don't worry, it's just for entrapment of addicts.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., May 13, 2016 – An affidavit obtained by Burque Media from a confidential source spells out plans by the Albuquerque Police Department to go after low-level drug users in a reverse buy-bust operation.
In a reverse buy-bust, undercover agents sell drugs to citizens, and then arrest them for possession.
Part of that operation involves APD manufacturing crack cocaine from powdered cocaine.
Section 10 of the 12-section “Affidavit and Motion to Release Evidence,” dated February 25, 2016, states: “Powdered cocaine may be taken to APD’s Criminalistics Unit to be made into crack cocaine.”
It also calls for the “release up to but not to exceed eight (8) ounces of cocaine base (commonly referred to as crack), up to but not to exceed eight (8) ounces of cocaine, up to but not to exceed eight (8) ounces of heroin, and up to but not to exceed eight (8) ounces of Methamphetamine from the Albuquerque Police Department’s Evidence Unit to detectives of the Albuquerque Police Department’s Narcotics Unit for use in a ‘Reversal Operation.’”
The document, which may have been revealed during the discovery process in a criminal case, according to the confidential source, cites citizen complaints as the impetus for the buy-bust operation.
“The business[es], patrons, and residents have complained about drug dealing throughout the City of Albuquerque,” it states. “Citizens have contacted Detectives complaining about being asked, by people walking/driving through the City of Albuquerque, if they wanted to purchase drugs….”
The source said the document is essentially an official request by APD to check drugs out of evidence for use in its operation, which will run from February 25, 2016, through the end of the year.
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