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Build-a-Bear Toys Stuffed With $33M in Heroin

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(Newser) – Bronx cops discovered that cute Build-a-Bears that children are supposed to fill with stuffing were packed instead with some $33 million worth of heroin, reports the New York Daily News. The brown teddy bears held glassine envelopes of brands of heroin with names like "Barack Obama," "Swine Flu," and "Crime 360." It's a "huge shock," said a neighbor in the building where the operation was shipping out the drug-filled cuddlies. "My daughter has one of those bears."

Stuffed with heroin.
Stuffed with heroin.   (AP Photo/FBI)
A table bearing supplies for a heroin distribution operation that stuffed drugs in Build-a-Bear toys is shown in a New York City apartment, after being raided by the FBI.
A table bearing supplies for a heroin distribution operation that stuffed drugs in Build-a-Bear toys is shown in a New York City apartment, after being raided by the FBI.   (AP Photo/FBI)
A dozen people have been busted and $33 million worth of heroin have been seized, stuffed inside Build-A-Bear toys in the Bronx.
A dozen people have been busted and $33 million worth of heroin have been seized, stuffed inside Build-A-Bear toys in the Bronx.   (AP Photo/FBI)
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DJM420
Jul 5, 09 7:46 AM CDT
drug dealers will put their stuff anywhere, including inside people. how is this shocking? that neighbor must live in lala-land. tacky yes, shocking, not so much Reply
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Ioptout
Jul 5, 09 8:14 AM CDT
I've always liked the up-the-rear approach.
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kokuaguy
Jul 5, 09 9:23 AM CDT
Google "Law Enforcement Against Prohibition." Reply
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2-bits
Jul 5, 09 10:03 AM CDT
I saw Willow Palin putting the dope in the bears. Honest to god! Reply
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anchower
Jul 5, 09 8:35 PM CDT
Good one, 2-bits.
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