New York Police officials have once again made a string of arrests in connection to tips they received from drill music videos.
On Thursday (April 7), Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark announced more than 20 alleged Bronx gang members were taken into custody and named in an 82-count indictment that covers 32 violent crimes committed over a three-year period.
According to the NY Daily News, the investigation — aptly titled “Operation Drilly” — outlines a series of murders, including the 2021 shooting death of 20-year-old Bronx woman Delila Vasquez and July 2020 fatal shooting of 24-year-old James Rivera, who was killed when six assailants chased and gunned him down.
In addition to the arrests as part of Operation Drilly, authorities recovered 18 firearms and filed charges that include murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, assault and grand larceny.
Authorities claim several of the individuals named in the indictment are a part of the G-Side/Drilly gang, who are affiliated with the Bloods Sex Money Murder gan and bragged about the crimes they allegedly committed in rap songs and music videos.
Teen rapper Lee Drilly, whose real name is Ali Doby, was among the 20 individuals arrested. He allegedly bragged about crimes he committed in his 2021 “BET” single featuring E-Wuu, which has amassed over 250,000 YouTube views since last December.
Clark called the crimes allegedly committed by the defendants named in the indictment “senseless” acts of violence and claimed the alleged perpetrators “terrorized” neighborhoods by reigning down gunfire on residential streets in broad daylight.
“It was senseless violence,” Clark said. “It was beefs and slights and disrespects that all drove some of these incidents.”
Clark went on to say there has to be more done to prevent youth from turning to a life of crime in the first place.
“We’re doing all that we can to deal with and battle the guns scourge that is happening here in the Bronx,” Clark said. “But more must be done to deviate these young people from the life of gangs and senseless violence. We do need to do more.”
This isn’t the first time multiple arrests have been made in connection to tips taken from drill rap music videos. In February, 11 men associated with the Woo Gang based in Brooklyn were taken into custody in connection with a massive unemployment fraud case.
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In 2016, more than 100 alleged gang members were arrested in one of the biggest gang busts in New York City history, which included charges of racketeering, and drug and gun offenses that targeted alleged members of two rival Bronx-based street gangs.
Self snitching lol. Yall losers cant blame 69 this time.
All NYC Drill rappers are losers that end up broke,dead, or in prison.
Sad part is most of them are kids with zero guidance
Word to my dead stop talking like that or I finna get boom lil boy
What yo talkin about your an civilian lil bro
shut yo lame ass up
Rag on your face, mask up like Covid told u too, dumb mafuckas l
Rap snitches, tellin’ all they business…
The Boondocks we’re ahead of their time lol. They predicted this too.
Wack music with self dry snitching smh
I know a lot of folks tired of the trap sound but I hope NYC drill is not the answer. That music ass
shit is VERY ASS. I couldnt understand one goddamn word, and every drill video just a sausage fest with guns. straight garbage.
fo u js dont understand new yorkian its basically like a new language its easy to pick up on doe
Ong stop chatting or get flocked with the knocker lil boy
Cause u don’t understand it doesn’t make it garbage
What yo talkin about lil bro your an civilian 🤣
Boy shut your ass up
Boy shut your ass up
I tell ya these “rappers” get dumber and dumber lol. The music is straight garbage. They practically walking themselves into prison lol
Cause u don’t understand it doesn’t make it garbage
Cause u don’t understand it doesn’t make it garbage
I wanna know how dumb are men commenting about kids that they would be scared to even look at?
Free Lee Drilly✈️
Free Lee Drilly
He will never be free bitch
LMAOO he gettin out within a year retard
you know if his case been updated?
free lee drilly DRILLY GANG UP!!!
free lee drilly DRILLY GANG UP!!!
free lee drilly DRILLY GANG UP!!!
Most the drillys are Hound not SMM