(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) A group of drug dealers turned a busy corridor just north of uptown into an open-air drug market, police say, recruiting homeless people from nearby shelters as drug runners and deal-brokers.Police announced they had arrested 15 people in connection with a seven-month operation and were seeking four more suspects late Wednesday.
Charlotte Homeless Were Used To Foster Drug Deals
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Thu, 07/14/2011 - 11:54am
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