Pubdate: 15 Mar 1999 Source: United Press International Copyright: 1999 United Press International TEN INDICTED IN CRACK COCAINE RING BOSTON, March 10 (UPI) - Federal authorities said today they have smashed the major crack cocaine ring operating in Boston. A total of 10 suspects were indicted on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. U.S. Attorney Donald Stern says the gang acted as a wholesaler for some of Boston's most violent street gangs and supplied ``crack'' to many of the city's big public housing projects, like Orchard Park in Roxbury and Bromley Heath in Jamaica Plain. He said it also operated in southestern Massachusetts with dealers in Brockton and Taunton. Authorities say the ring bought its drugs from suppliers in Boston and New York City, smuggling the contraband into the state in hidden compartments of cars and trucks. - --- MAP posted-by: Mike Gogulski