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Ecstasy, Special K and GHB bought from party promoters by undercover cops
BY Kerry Burke and Alison Gendar
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Tuesday, May 19th 2009, 4:00 AM
Manhattan club promoter Michail Shimonov was arrested with 88 tabs of Ecstasy - each marked with a green gun, cops said.
This party is sooo over.
Two party promoters who hawked Ecstasy and date rape drugs at Manhattan's hottest clubs picked the wrong customers: undercover cops.
Michail Shimonov, 23, a finance major at Baruch College, was busted Saturday night on his way into snazzy Suzy Wong's on W. 26th St.
He was one of eight dealers busted for selling E and the so-called date-rape drugs Ketamine (Special K) and GHB, investigators said Monday.
"It is very important to ensure a safe environment in the club scene," said Bridget Brennan, special narcotics prosecutor for the city.
When he was arrested, Shimonov, of Forest Hills, Queens, had 88 Ecstasy pills each marked with a green gun, the brand he sold, detectives said.
Shimonov would sell Ecstasy to Albert Kim, 24, of New Hyde Park, L.I., for about $8 a pill, investigators said. Kim then turned around and sold them to clubgoers for $25 each, raking in about $10,000 a weekend.
Kim's crew also sold liquid and powdered Ketamine, a drug used by veterinarians to tranquilize cats.
At higher doses, Special K is easily used by sex pervs to dope up unsuspecting women, who are then sexually assaulted.
The crews run by Shimonov and Kim allegedly sold drugs to undercover cops at Pacha on W. 46thSt. and Rebel on W. 30thSt. during the eight-month investigation.
The pair and their cohorts were caught on cell phone wiretaps talking about dealing drugs at Roseland Ballroom on W. 52nd St. and Mansion, now known as M2 Ultra Lounge, on W. 28th St. No clubs have been closed or employees charged in the arrests.
Shimonov worked for the party promotion company Entourage and boasted online that he was "getting my promotion career in motion." He declared his favorite movies to be "Scarface" and "Blow." Both glorified the fast life of the drug trade.
Shimonov's mom, Victoria, insisted her son is a good boy.
"I can only say good things about my son. They can say whatever they want, he's no drug ring leader. Of course not," she said.
Kim worked for his parents' Great Neck beauty salon when he wasn't managing what Brennan called one of the most active small distribution rings for Ketamine.
He and Shimonov were hit with drug sale and conspiracy charges.
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BY Kerry Burke and Alison Gendar
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Tuesday, May 19th 2009, 4:00 AM
This party is sooo over.
Two party promoters who hawked Ecstasy and date rape drugs at Manhattan's hottest clubs picked the wrong customers: undercover cops.
Michail Shimonov, 23, a finance major at Baruch College, was busted Saturday night on his way into snazzy Suzy Wong's on W. 26th St.
He was one of eight dealers busted for selling E and the so-called date-rape drugs Ketamine (Special K) and GHB, investigators said Monday.
"It is very important to ensure a safe environment in the club scene," said Bridget Brennan, special narcotics prosecutor for the city.
When he was arrested, Shimonov, of Forest Hills, Queens, had 88 Ecstasy pills each marked with a green gun, the brand he sold, detectives said.
Shimonov would sell Ecstasy to Albert Kim, 24, of New Hyde Park, L.I., for about $8 a pill, investigators said. Kim then turned around and sold them to clubgoers for $25 each, raking in about $10,000 a weekend.
Kim's crew also sold liquid and powdered Ketamine, a drug used by veterinarians to tranquilize cats.
At higher doses, Special K is easily used by sex pervs to dope up unsuspecting women, who are then sexually assaulted.
The crews run by Shimonov and Kim allegedly sold drugs to undercover cops at Pacha on W. 46thSt. and Rebel on W. 30thSt. during the eight-month investigation.
The pair and their cohorts were caught on cell phone wiretaps talking about dealing drugs at Roseland Ballroom on W. 52nd St. and Mansion, now known as M2 Ultra Lounge, on W. 28th St. No clubs have been closed or employees charged in the arrests.
Shimonov worked for the party promotion company Entourage and boasted online that he was "getting my promotion career in motion." He declared his favorite movies to be "Scarface" and "Blow." Both glorified the fast life of the drug trade.
Shimonov's mom, Victoria, insisted her son is a good boy.
"I can only say good things about my son. They can say whatever they want, he's no drug ring leader. Of course not," she said.
Kim worked for his parents' Great Neck beauty salon when he wasn't managing what Brennan called one of the most active small distribution rings for Ketamine.
He and Shimonov were hit with drug sale and conspiracy charges.
[email protected]
Read more: "Ecstasy, Special K and GHB bought from party promoters by undercover cops" - http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_...s_ran_ecstasy_ring__cops.html#ixzz0FxQxcjOI&A