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Frank Lucas

Frank Lucas sold potent heroin in Harlem and Newark during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Authorities found $584,000 cash at his home during his 1975 arrest; federal and state drug convictions brought a combined 70-year prison sentence.

At a glance

What happened
Lucas ran a heroin distribution business serving Harlem and Newark. His product was sold as Blue Magic. His claimed coffin-smuggling scheme is disputed and is not treated here as an established fact.
When
The heroin business operated in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was arrested January 28, 1975 and later convicted again on drug charges in 1984.
Where
Harlem, New York City, and Newark, New Jersey; authorities arrested him at his Teaneck, New Jersey home.
Why / motive
Lucas ran a commercial heroin distribution business.
Outcome
His initial sentences totaled 70 years. Cooperation led to release in 1982; new drug convictions in 1984 kept him imprisoned until 1991. He died May 30, 2019, aged 88, in Cedar Grove, New Jersey.

Who is involved

  • Frank Lucas — subject

Sources

  1. Frank Lucas“Paraphrase: Frank Lucas”
  2. Frank Lucas“Paraphrase: Frank Lucas sold potent heroin in Harlem and Newark during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Authorities found $584,000 cash at his home during his 1975 arrest; federal and state drug convictions brought a combined 70-year prison ”
  3. Frank Lucas“Paraphrase: Lucas ran a heroin distribution business serving Harlem and Newark. His product was sold as Blue Magic. His claimed coffin-smuggling scheme is disputed and is not treated here as an established fact.”
  4. Frank Lucas“Paraphrase: The heroin business operated in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was arrested January 28, 1975 and later convicted again on drug charges in 1984.”
  5. Frank Lucas“Paraphrase: Harlem, New York City, and Newark, New Jersey; authorities arrested him at his Teaneck, New Jersey home.”
  6. Frank Lucas“Paraphrase: His initial sentences totaled 70 years. Cooperation led to release in 1982; new drug convictions in 1984 kept him imprisoned until 1991. He died May 30, 2019, aged 88, in Cedar Grove, New Jersey.”
  7. Frank Lucas obituary“Paraphrase: Lucas ran a heroin business in Harlem and Newark during the late 1960s and early 1970s.”

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