Pubdate: Tue, 09 Jan 2001
Source: New York Times (NY)
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Section: Metro News Briefs
Author: Alan Feuer

DRUG DEALER PLEADS GUILTY

NEW YORK - BROOKLYN - An Israeli drug dealer who once threatened to kill 
Salvatore Gravano, the Mafia hit man whose ferocity led to his nickname, 
Sammy the Bull, pleaded guilty yesterday in Federal District Court to 
charges of running a sprawling drug gang that flooded New York City and 
Arizona with nearly four million Ecstasy pills over three years. The 
defendant, Ilan Zarger, 31, was once captured on videotape, prosecutors 
have said, boasting that his organization had "someone standing by to 
whack" Mr. Gravano, who has been accused of running a rival drug gang in 
Arizona. Mr. Zarger is to be sentenced on April 6.   Alan Feuer (NYT)
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