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• Cop Team Probed In Drug 'Frame' Shame

  A team of NYPD narcotics cops is under investigation for arresting four men in Queens club after surveillance tapes revealed the cops never bought drugs from them, The Post has learned.
  The stunning accusations stem from a "buy-and-bust" operation in January when undercover cops allegedly framed two brothers and their friends who were merely drinking beer and chatting inside Club Delicioso in Elmhurst.

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• City paying out $300G to Queens brothers falsely accused by cops of selling drugs

  Two Queens men cleared by a security video of bogus drug charges are getting $300,000 settlement from the city - and the two cops accused of setting them up have resigned.
  Jose Colon and his brother Maximo lost their grocery store and were plunged into debt as a result of the criminal case fabricated by the NYPD narcotics officers, authorities said Monday.

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• Jose, Maximo Colon Turn Tables On NYPD With Videotape

  When undercover detectives busted Jose and Maximo Colon last year for selling cocaine at a seedy club in Queens, there was a glaring problem: The brothers hadn't done anything wrong.
  But proclaiming innocence wasn't going to be good enough. The Dominican immigrants needed proof.
  "I sat in the jail and thought ... how could I prove this? What could I do?" Jose, 24, recalled in Spanish during a recent interview.

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• Drug suspects’ defense against NYPD? Video

  When undercover detectives busted Jose and Maximo Colon last year for selling cocaine at a seedy club in Queens, there was a glaring problem: The brothers hadn't done anything wrong.
  But proclaiming innocence wasn't going to be good enough. The Dominican immigrants needed proof.
  "I sat in the jail and thought ... how could I prove this? What could I do?" Jose, 24, recalled in Spanish during a recent interview.

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• Woman says Queens detective busted in three attacks molested her

  An NYPD narcotics detective accused of being a sexual predator has a new problem: a fourth alleged victim has come forward.
  The woman contacted authorities after learning that Detective Oscar Sandino was arrested this month for attacks on three other women, sources said.

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• NYPD Undercover cop accused of bogus arrests

  A New York City narcotics detective claimed he bought drugs from people he then arrested. Prosecutors say it was all a lie.
  The detective out of Queens is facing dozens of counts of falsifying records and making bogus arrests, which according to the indictment led to innocent people being accused of selling drugs.

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