Anti-Terror Unit NYPD Cop Charged With Trying to Traffic Three Kilos of Heroin

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Anti-Terror Unit NYPD Cop Charged With Trying to Traffic Three Kilos of Heroin

December 2nd, 2017

Awake Goy

A crooked NYPD cop assigned to an anti-terror unit tried to bring 3 kilograms of heroin into the city as part of a “shocking crime spree” involving credit card fraud and counterfeit cash, authorities charged Thursday.

Reynaldo Lopez, 26, was arrested after agreeing to deliver what he believed was a hefty quantity of heroin to a drug dealer in the Bronx, authorities said. He’d been duped by an undercover police officer who handed off “three keys” in a black bag during a meetup in a New Jersey parking lot, according to a criminal complaint.

Lopez, who is assigned to the NYPD Transit Bureau’s anti-terror unit, was allegedly carrying his personal Glock handgun during the Wednesday drug deal.

“Reynaldo Lopez, a police officer sworn to serve and protect his community, instead allegedly engaged in a shocking crime spree,” said acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon Kim.

Lopez, of Brooklyn, showed up on authorities’ radar through a joint NYPD-FBI investigation of a counterfeit credit card ring that began this year, court papers say. He allegedly received stolen credit card information through an unidentified co-conspirator’s workplace, according to a complaint that did not identify the person.

Lopez also took stolen identities from an undercover officer who said he got the information through a car dealership where he worked, prosecutors said.

The alleged bad cop used bogus credit cards to spend $13,000 at luxury retail stores, the complaint said, adding that since May he allegedly splurged on movie tickets, gift cards, electronics and restaurants around New York and New Jersey.

On Nov. 10, Lopez showed off a fake $100 bill to an undercover in a “stack” of money that he said included other counterfeit currency, according to the complaint.

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