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Armed thug busted with Uzi in Bronx

Cops busted an armed thug after he was caught red-handed tossing a loaded Uzi onto the ground inside of a Bronx housing project, authorities said.

Quasean Shaw, 23, was smoking a cigarette inside of the elevator of the Soundview Houses on Randall Avenue shortly after midnight Friday, cops said.

When the cops approached, they saw Shaw allegedly tossing the loaded 9MM Uzi to the ground before fleelng the scene.

Cops chased after him and caught up with Shaw a couple of blocks later, where he was taken into custody.

Shaw – who has a number of prior arrests including assault and robbery – was charged with criminal possession of a machine gun and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.