Episode 6
"American Gangster" Pt. 1: Frank Lucas
He cut out the middleman and bought heroin directly from the source.
November 16, 201850m 3s
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Show Notes
Moving from North Carolina to New York City, Frank Lucas engaged in petty crime and pool hustling before he began smuggling drugs using coffins of dead American servicemen in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He cut out the middleman and bought heroin directly from the source.
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