NATION IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Booby Trap Mailed to Drug Prosecutor
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
An assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted top Asian heroin traffickers received a booby-trapped briefcase in the mail. A .22-caliber pistol inside was rigged to fire when the package was opened, police said. The package was addressed to Assistant U.S. Atty. Catherine Palmer and arrived at the District Court building in Brooklyn. It was disarmed by a city police detective. A spokesman said that in the past several weeks, since a rash of mail-bombings in the Southeast, security in the building has been increased.
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