[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Federal authorities and the New York Police Department bust up drug ring near Times Square in Manhattan
- Drug ring involved at least eight men who worked 'round-the-clock,' according to federal prosecutors
- Investigators said they operated a 24-hour open-air crack cocaine market in Hell's Kitchen near Times Square
- Authorities said they dealt drugs from at least December 2019 until last month, when authorities busted ring
- Times Square has been plagued by a spate of gun violence this past spring and through the summer
- Last month, a 23-year-old woman was slashed in the area after she ignored a male assailant's catcalls
- In June, a 16-year-old boy allegedly shot and wounded an enlistee of the Marine Corps, 21, in Times Square
- In May, three innocent bystanders were struck by stray bullets after gunshots rang out in broad daylight
- In April, a tourist from Kansas City was struck in the shoulder by a stray bullet in the area
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