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October 31st, 2008
Posted: 12:58 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNN) — A New York Police Department transit officer was under arrest Friday for his alleged involvement in a brutal robbery crew which targeted large-scale drug traffickers along the East Coast. The United State’s Attorney’s office has indicted three men, one of whom, Jorge Arbaje-Diaz, was a three-year veteran of the NYPD. Police previously arrested 15 alleged members of the gang in May. Arbaje-Diaz is accused of participating in a “violent robbery crew responsible for more than one hundred armed robberies of narcotics traffickers,” according to a U.S. Attorney’s office statement. The robberies netted at least 750 kilograms of cocaine and $4 million in drug proceeds over the course of five years. Arbaje-Diaz was one of at least 18 members of the crew which accessed drug traffickers homes by posing as police officers. The gang is accused of handcuffing, torturing and threatening their victims with arrest if they did not reveal where they stashed their drugs and money. |
 
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