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Sentenced to seven years imprisonment [4][5] Frank Lucas (September 9, 1930 – May 30, 2019) was an American drug lord who operated in Harlem, New York City, during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin directly from his source in the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia.
American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by Steven Zaillian.The film is loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark ...
Former Criminal Defense Attorney (1975–2015) Known for. The prosecution of drug kingpin Frank Lucas. Richard M. Roberts (born November 28, 1937) [1][2] is an American attorney. Roberts was a former law enforcement officer who worked as a detective in the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and Essex County Bureau of Narcotics. After completing ...
The former Harlem drug kingpin whose life and lore inspired the 2007 movie "American Gangster," has died, a relative said Friday. Frank Lucas, druglord portrayed in 'American Gangster,' dies Skip ...
Frank Lucas, the former heroin dealer and drug kingpin whose life became the subject of Ridley Scott's 2007 film "American Gangster," died Thursday. He was 88. Lucas' nephew, Aldwan Lassiter ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Lucas, the former Harlem drug kingpin whose life and lore inspired the 2007 movie "American Gangster," has died, a relative said Friday.
Nicky Barnes. Leroy Nicholas Barnes (October 15, 1933 – June 18, 2012) was an American crime boss, active in New York City during the 1970s. In 1972, Barnes formed The Council, a seven-man African-American organized crime syndicate that controlled a significant part of the heroin trade in the Harlem area of New York City. [1] Barnes led The ...
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