Officer Dave Erbele tackles Miguel Siano on Orkney Street following a surveilance by Erbele and his partner. Siano was arrested on drug-related charges.
Drug user smokes 'crack' (called freebasing). The cocaine is cooked in a spoon and then smoked. The end product, being smoked here, is a refined, hard substance, a form of what is called 'crack.'
Portrait of drug dealers. The man with the handcuffs and the man with the grenade (which he said was live) are dealers at Marshall and Tioga. The third man is a visitor.
This view of Tioga Street, looking west, shows two of the many corners in Philadelphia's Hunting Park section where drug dealing is wide open. Corner of Marshall & Tioga is in foreground.