68th Precinct officers arrested in FBI sting on illegal gun smuggling
An FBI sting operation has resulted in the arrest of a dozenpeople, including three current NYPD officers and three retiredofficers from Brooklyn’s 68th Precinct, for allegedly smugglingover $1 million worth of illegal guns and various stolen andcounterfeit goods from New Jersey to New York via the VerrazanoBridge.
The stunning news came on the morning of Tuesday, October 25,when the FBI, along with Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for theSouthern District of New York, and NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly,announced the arrest of the officers – plus a cop from the 71stPrecinct, a Brooklyn South Task Force officer, a Sanitation cop, aNew Jersey corrections officer, and two civilians from NewJersey.
The criminal complaint filed on Tuesday inManhattan federal court details the charges against the 12individuals and their alleged criminal misdeeds, which are said tohave been caught on tape by a confidential FBI informant.