Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Drug Dealers May Have Got BCCI Tip

Drug dealers might have been tipped off before withdrawing at least $10 million from the Bank of Credit & Commerce International just before U.S. authorities moved against it, according to a published report. The tip may have come from sources inside the U.S. government, reported the New York Times, citing federal agents and bank documents. The drug money withdrawals in 1988 came as the government was nearing the climax of its investigation into the laundering of drug money through BCCI accounts in Panama, Miami, New York and other cities, the newspaper said. Lawyers and agents said they believed the probe had been compromised.