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{{Important}}{{Villain_Infobox |image = Frank Lucas.jpg |fullname = Frank Lucas |alias = |origin =La Grange, North Carolina, Unite States |occupation = Drug kingpin |type of villain = Drug Lord |goals = Become "[[Donald Trump]] rich" (successful)<br>Continue with his drug operations (failed) |crimes = [[Illegal Drug Trade|Drug trafficking]]<br>Armed robbery<br>[[Theft]]<br>[[Arson]]<br>Bribery<br>[[Money laundering]]<br>[[Attempted murder]]<br>[[Misogyny]] |hobby = Selling drugs<br>Breeding cattle<br>Hanging out with celebrities }}{{Quote|If you got something, hide it, 'cause they can go to any bank and take it.|Frank Lucas}} '''Frank Lucas''' (September 9, 1930 â May 30, 2019) was an American drug trafficker who operated in Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin directly from his source in the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia. Lucas boasted that he smuggled heroin using the coffins of dead American servicemen, but this claim is denied by his Southeast Asian associate, Leslie "Ike" Atkinson. Rather than hide the drugs in the coffins, they were hidden in the pallets underneath, as depicted in the feature film ''American Gangster'' (2007) in which he was played by Denzel Washington, although the film fictionalized elements of Lucas' life for dramatic effect. In 1976, Lucas was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to 70 years in prison; however, after becoming an informant, his sentence was reduced to five years. He was convicted of the same offense in 1984, and sentenced to seven years in prison. He died in 2019.
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