MERCHANT PAIR HELD IN DRUGS, GUNS STING.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer A father and son were taken into custody Monday after sheriff's deputies found drugs, 20 stolen guns and thousands of dollars worth of food stamps food stamp n. A stamp or coupon, issued by the government to persons with low incomes, that can be redeemed for food at stores. Noun 1. at their liquor liquor /li·quor/ (lik´er) (li´kwor) pl. liquors, liquo´res [L.] 1. a liquid, especially an aqueous solution containing a medicinal substance. 2. store, sheriff's officials said. The 43-year-old owner and his 20-year-old son were taken into custody shortly after 3 p.m. Monday at the F and M Liquor at the 900 block of East Avenue R. Deputies said the pair had sold a cocaine pipe to an undercover deputy during the four-month ``Men in Black II'' sting operation Noun 1. sting operation - a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) that ended April 28 and was aimed at drug dealers and traffickers in stolen property. ``We were coming back to make a positive identification,'' said Lancaster Deputy Steve Sylvies. ``We knew them only by their first names.'' The two, whose names were not immediately released, were being held on suspicion of possession of narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. with the intent to sell, sale of drug paraphernalia drug paraphernalia Controlled paraphernalia Substance abuse As defined in a regulatory context, DP is a hypodermic syringe, needle, metal or plastic (snorting) tube, or other instrument or implement or combination adapted for the administration of controlled , food-stamp trafficking, and narcotics and weapons violations. They were being held at the Lancaster sheriff's station. At the store, deputies said they found three guns that turned out to have been stolen. Other guns and a crossbow were found elsewhere in the store. Thousands of glass pipes for smoking rock cocaine were found in paper bags in a file cabinet next to the counter. Deputies said they also seized one gram of rock cocaine, with an approximate street value of $120, and about one ounce of marijuana marijuana or marihuana, drug obtained from the flowering tops, stems, and leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa (see hemp) or C. indica; the latter species can withstand colder climates. worth approximately $100, plus cell phones, credit cards and a large amount of cash. Also found were thousands of dollars worth of food stamps, which investigators believe the pair illegally purchased from their customers. ``They pay cash for the food stamps,'' Sylvies said. |
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