A Brooklyn crook busted with a crack pipe up his butt brazenly demanded authorities hand him $55,000 in drug money found near him when he was collared, court documents state.
Andre Deluca, 34, was arrested in a Sunset Park hotel in 2011 with the cash and a loaded 9mm Smith & Wesson pistol lying on the floor near him, according to court papers filed by the Brooklyn District Attorney.
Once cops brought him to a nearby precinct, the uncomfortable ex-con announced that police would find, “a crack pipe with a bundle in my butt hole” – and cops did indeed find the pipe, along with 13 pills and a “golf-ball sized crack cocaine rock.”
Last month the gutsy Deluca – who served time for attempted robbery – had his attorney ask the Brooklyn DA for the return of the $54,950, according to a Brooklyn DA lawsuit that argues against his request.
Deluca was arrested after cops caught two other drug dealers who were about to break into his hotel room to steal the cash.
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