[From article]
Wiretaps of a landline at their Corona restaurant, Cucino Amodo Mio, revealed that Gregorio Gigliotti allegedly had dispatched his wife to personally deliver a suitcase filled with $400,000 in cash to a drug dealer in Costa Rica last August, court papers state.
Using their produce company as a front, the family also shipped cargo containers filled with cocaine that were labeled “fresh cassava” to Delaware before trucking the product to their Bronx warehouse, papers state.
“Probable cause for the arrest of the defendants is based … on the seizure of 55 kilograms of cocaine and other evidence,” according to a criminal complaint.
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He later used the same line to call his wife to instruct her to count out $400,000 in cash that was to be handed over to his drug contact, according to the complaint.
Like most moms, Ele o nora was considered the most skillful suitcase packer of the family and she was generally tasked with stuffing the cash in the luggage before drug deals, the feds allege.
When discussing drug transactions, Gregorio and his foreign contacts referred to cocaine as cassava and pineapples, papers state.
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As part of their sting, the feds removed the cocaine from the shipment and left 1,200 cartons of yucca onboard before allowing its delivery to the warehouse.
“Things are bad,” Giggliotti told his Costa R ican contact about the missing blow on yet another incriminating wiretap, court papers state. “There is nothing of that,” he said, referring to the cocaine.
Undeterred, he continued to arrange for an additional shipment a week later before eventually being arrested along with his wife and son.
http://nypost.com/2015/03/11/nyc-couple-accused-of-running-coke-operation-out-of-pizzeria/
NYC couple accused of running coke operation out of pizzeria
By Selim Algar
March 11, 2015 | 3:06pm
New York Post
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