[quote]In 1959 federal authorities caught on to Profaci’s drug trafficking having seized crates of hollowed out oranges that Profaci imported from Italy. Inside the oranges authorities found baggies of heroin with a total weight of 110 pounds. Despite having tape a phone conversation with Profaci and another man in Italy, authorities did not have enough evidence to charge him with a crime.
I know of that passage, I´ve read it a couple of times and it leaves me puzzled every time. It´s extremely unclear and indistinct. It actually makes me wonder if it´s made up. A source in that article you linked could clear this up. But there is none. I´ve read a number of files and others who have researched Profaci agree that there are no accusations of Profaci being into drugs (in those files).
Among all those narcotics violaters (and there were many of them) who were in/tied to the Mafia and who were caught in late 1950s and early 1960s, only two were said to have been linked to the Profaci Family. The first one is Sebastiano Nanni. The second one is an obscure figure by the name of Cristoforo Rubino. Valachi said Rubino was a Profaci member. But he very well could have been wrong. (My own research ties him with John Ormento and the Luccheses.)
And btw, welcome to the boards Alfa.