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Accused drug dealer ‘rolls up’ to Long Island court with super conspicuous hoodie

That’s one way to “roll up” to court.

A not-at-all subtle Long Island restaurant worker accused of selling drugs out of the dining room showed up to court wearing a pot leaf hoodie with the words “Roll Up.”

Super conspicuous Andres Cabrera-Sanchez, 25, was one of a crew of alleged narcotics candymen busted for peddling dope out of Honduran restaurant La Costa Catracha in Brentwood — but his fit was anything but covert at his arraignment in Suffolk County criminal court on Sunday.

Cabrera-Sanchez is also charged with possession of an illegal firearm after a routine liquor compliance restaurant at the eatery turned into a full-blown drug arrest.

Cabrera-Sanchez and six others were arrested when Suffolk County Police, state Liquor Authority investigators and town of Islip fire marshals conducted a surprise inspection at the restaurant under the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.

The inspection uncovered a narcotics operation that stretched from the dining room to a nearby Brentwood home, Suffolk officials said.

Restaurant owner Wilmer Mendez-Barrera, 44, was slapped with with tickets for ABC violations while worker Keshawn Matthews, 39 — who was decked out in a phony tactical vest and armed with a n imitation firearm — was written up for being an unlicensed security guard, officials said.

Restaurant patrons Juana Flores, 47, and Maykol Escobar-Rivas, 18, were charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance while a third patron, Christian Palacios-Ruiz, 18, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, officials said.

The probe led to a nearby home in Brentwood where resident Joshua Molina, 27, was taken into custody on drug and endangering the welfare of a child charges.

The Fire Marshal has since deemed La Costa Catracha unsafe for occupancy and shut the business down, hitting the establishment with multiple summonses.

Read original at New York Post

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