frank lucas
Frank Lucas (born September 9, 1930 in La Grange, North Carolina and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina) is a former heroin dealer and organized crime boss who operated in Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s. [1]
Frank Lucas’ life of crime started when he was just a little boy of six, living in North Carolina. [2]
In his trade Frank Lucas relied on a tightly controlled crew called “The Country Boys.” [3]
Frank Lucas don’t run from nobody. [4]
Lucas at the Big Apple Con, November 15, 2008. [1]
Frank Lucas was born September 9, 1930, in Lenoir County, North Carolina. [...] Lucas was arrested in 1975 and, if convicted of drug trafficking and racketeering, faced up to 70 years in prison. [3]
***NOTE** this is NOT the actual Frank Lucas running this profile, i am NOT frank Lucas nor am i Denzel Washington, this is just a tribute profile for fans of the film to enjoy, i do not support drug dealing or the use of violence. [4]
LUCAS flew over there and made arrangements to buy drugs at a much better rate than he could ever get in New York, and flew a friend in from North Carolina to build coffins for dead soldiers, complete with false bottoms where drugs could be stashed when the bodies were flown back to the States. [5]
He drifted through a life of petty crime until one particular occasion when he engaged in a fight with a former employer and, on advice of his mother, fled to New York. [1]
… when Johnson died of a heart attack, Lucas took everything he’d been taught by the man and started his own drug dealing business. [5]
Lucas flew over there and made arrangements to buy drugs at a much better rate than he could ever get in New York, and flew a friend in from North Carolina to build coffins for dead soldiers, complete with false bottoms where drugs could be stashed when the bodies were flown back to the States. [...] According to Lucas, Johnson took the boy under his wing and showed him the ropes, although Bumpy’s wife, Mayme, claims Johnson never fully trusted Lucas and describes Frank as “little more than a flunky to Bumpy.” [2]
During the Vietnam War, Lucas smuggled huge amounts of uncut heroin from Thailand into the U.S. in the coffins of fallen American servicemen. [3]
Lucas claimed to have been Johnson’s driver for 15 years, although Johnson spent just 5 years out of prison before his death in 1968. [1]
Sources:
[1] Frank Lucas (drug lord) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[2] Biography of Frank Lucas - True American Gangster
[3] Frank Lucas Biography - Biography.com
[4] MySpace.com - Frank Lucas - 94 - Male - HARLEM, New York - www.myspace …
[5] Frank Lucas American Gangster - Celebrities at Weblo.com