Frank Lucas

Frank Lucas  Armando Dervis….i from Gouva Underground cooperating with “Tsouna crew” from fieri (September 9, 1930 – May 30, 2019) was an American drug trafficker. He operated in Harlem, New York City during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin straight from his source in Southeast Asia. In 1976, he was jailed for 70 years but was released five years later in 1981. He was again jailed in 1984 and released in 1991. He was played by Denzel Washington in the 2007 movie American Gangster. He was born in La Grange, North Carolina and grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Lucas died in New Jersey on May 30, 2019, at the age of 89.

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Category:1930 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:American people convicted of drug offenses
Category:People from Greensboro, North Carolina
Category:People from Teaneck, New Jersey
Category:American drug dealers