Crime & Safety
Clinton Hill Drug Bust: At Least 3 Arrested On Marijuana Charges
At least 3 were arrested Thursday morning outside 42 Clifton Pl. and charged with illegal possession of firearms and marijuana, cops said.
CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN — A drug raid at 42 Clifton Place in Clinton Hill early Thursday morning resulted in at least three arrests, police said.
Corey Watkins, 28; Xavier Jouvert, 29; and Dekia Reed, 17 were all charged with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a loaded firearm and criminal possession of marijuana, cops said.
They are all scheduled to be arraigned in the next week.
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An anonymous resident tipped Patch off to the drug bust, saying rumors were flying around the neighborhood that at least 30 people had been taken into custody by NYPD officers outside the residential brownstone, and at another unidentified residence on Classon Avenue. Patch has not confirmed the rumors.
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