[Megamel29]

He thought it would be as easy as taking candy from a baby.

Federal agents busted a Long Island man who allegedly thought he could outsmart the narcs by mailing bags of Skittles stuffed with oxycodone pills to a 2-month-old baby, the Daily News has learned.

The feds said the baby was the niece of one of “Taste the Rainbow” pill peddler Michael Foreste’s customers in Vermont.

But Foreste didn’t know his customer was secretly cooperating with the Drug Enforcement Administration and agents were monitoring the packages coming from a house in Valley Stream where Foreste lives with his mother, according to court papers.

Armed with a search warrant, DEA agents seized a package at the baby’s residence in Winooski, Vt., on June 10 containing a “stuffed animal, infant’s clothing, a baby’s bib, a small purse and two bags of Skittles candies,” according to court papers unsealed in Brooklyn Federal Court last week.

One of the Skittles bags contained 305 oxycodone tablets, the papers state.

But more goodies were on the way to Foreste’s customer, Dannis Hackney, using the infant as a pawn. On June 11, another package arrived for the baby containing “a chocolate bar, two packages of M&M candies, and one package of Skittles candies. The Skittles bag appeared to be resealed using a heat sealing device and contained about 80 oxycodone pills, the papers say.

The 30-milligram pills have a street value of about $30 apiece, a law enforcement source said.

Foreste, 34, was arrested near his home and has been taken to Vermont, where he’s been indicted on drug charges. Claiming he’s unemployed, Foreste deposited $130,000 in cash in various TD Bank accounts between January and April, court papers say.

He has a prior drug conviction but was free on bail pending appeal of that case. When he was arrested in that case, during a traffic stop last year, the feds said he had 650 oxycodone pills hidden in his boxer shorts.

“He should be in jail . . . (but) instead of taking that opportunity and learning from his past crime, he continued to distribute oxycodone,” Vermont Assistant U.S. Attorney Wendy Fuller stated in court papers.

Hackney, the snitch, is also in hot water because he didn’t tell the feds as part of his cooperation that Foreste was sending the pills to his niece to evade detection. Both men are being held without bail.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1875402

[chris]

containing a “stuffed animal, infant’s clothing, a baby’s bib, a small purse and two bags of Skittles candies,” according to court papers unsealed in Brooklyn Federal Court last week.

One of the Skittles bags contained 305 oxycodone tablets, the papers state.

My lord, 305 pills in some skittles lol

[Megamel29]

Originally Posted by chris ↗

My lord, 305 pills in some skittles lol

How'd you get his mug shot up there?

[invertigo]

I wouldn't mind someone mailing me 305 oxycodone pills

[hal0mega]

Had the kid gotten the 'skittles', I'd mail him a bullet and a hammer.

[Mr Poo]

Originally Posted by chris ↗

My lord, 305 pills in some skittles lol

Why is my skittles bag so overstuffed?

[Pyramid_Head]

Sounds really lame as it was done over pills.

[Darkest Angel]

And how ironic that the snitch is in trouble too?
Sometimes its best to just mind your own business.
Horrifying to think the baby may have gotten hold of the candy tho.

[BlueNosePit]

the 30 mg oxycodone pills (known as "blues" or "roxys" are really small pills. 300 would fit easily in a skittles bag. those white pills in the pic arent 30mg oxy. they are 7.5mg or 10mg percocets. they have oxycdone in them but have mostly acetometaphen (tylenol) in em

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by invertigo ↗

I wouldn't mind someone mailing me 305 oxycodone pills

My system is backwards. I was given them in the early 80s and took them back to the pharmacy after taking just 1!

Made me grit my teeth like I was speeding!