NY man arrested buying drugs with slaughtered pig

Anything for drugs? And crooks operating on crooks. In the noise and confusion of the ongoing arrest, someone stole the pig?

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06/06/2009 | 10:18 PM

 

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – It was a simpler sort of drug trade.

Syracuse police say a 45-year-old man offered a slaughtered pig as partial payment for a bag of crack cocaine.

They say two men were spotted making the deal on a street corner just before 8 p.m. Thursday.

Angelo Colon of Fulton was arrested on a misdemeanor drug possession charge and 42-year-old Omar Veliz faces a felony drug sale charge.

Police say Colon paid half a pig and $10 for a $50 bag of crack. Veliz told police the pig was for a celebration for a relative being released from jail.

While officers were arresting the suspects, someone took the pig.

Police don't know if the men have lawyers. - AP

From GMANews.tv; see the source article here.

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