Over 100 Queens gang members arrested in massive drug, gun bust

Dozens of Queens gang members were busted during a massive drug and guns sweep -- including one who had planned to kill police officers, authorities announced today.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Queens DA Richard Brown announced the arrests of 104 people as part of a large-scale probe focused on the "Flocc" street gang.

The gang -- a rare alliance consisting of Crips and Bloods members -- were based in Far Rockaway and making $15,000 a week from peddling guns and narcotics, police said.

The two-year probe -- known as "Operation: Under Siege" -- began when NYPD officers assigned to the Queens Gang Squad and the DA's Narcotics Investigations Bureau began to focus on an alleged drug network.

"This untraditional gang alliance's alleged propensity for violence knew no bounds. In one instance, a marked NYPD patrol car occupied by two officers was shot at during a shootout between rival gangs. Fortunately, both officers escaped injury," said Brown.

Through police wiretaps, cops said they learned that Keith Livingston, a member of the Bloods, had planned to shoot officers performing foot patrol from a rooftop in Jamaica, authorities said.

Livingston was charged with criminal possession of weapons last year after police allegedly seized a bag containing a 9mm handgun, a defaced 9mm hi-point rifle and various amounts of ammunition belonging to him.

“The nexus between drugs and violence could not be clearer with at least two murders, 11 shootings and a home-invasion robbery linked to these ruthless narcotics traffickers," Kelly said. "Detectives involved in this important case are to be commended for their outstanding work, as are the members of the District Attorney’s staff who supported them.”

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