Sources say 70 baggies of heroin, at least 50 of which were unopened, were found in the actor’s apartment — some with an 'Ace of Hearts' stamp, which police say they haven't seen in New York City since 2012. Investigators also found about 20 hypodermic needles and five prescription drugs, including one used by heroin addicts to help kick a habit.
Comments (160)BY TINA MOORE , ROCCO PARASCANDOLA , JOE KEMP AND CORKY SIEMASZKO / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
PUBLISHED: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014, 12:09 PM
UPDATED: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2014, 7:12 AM
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Philip Seymour Hoffman arrived Nov. 18 for the Los Angeles premiere of 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live. The Oscar winner played gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee.
Philip Seymour Hoffman turned his West Village apartment into a drug den.
Seventy glassine baggies of heroin packed for individual sale — at least 50 of them unopened — were discovered in the $10,000-a-month rental where the Oscar-winning actor was found dead Sunday with a needle stuck in his left arm, sources said.
Some of the envelopes had the words “Ace of Spades” written on them, and others were stamped with the name “Ace of Hearts.” Both are brands of heroin that are often cut with a powerful pain reliever called fentanyl, and have become a plague in Pennsylvania, where they were used in 22 overdose deaths.
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The body of Philip Seymour Hoffman, the Oscar-winning actor found dead Sunday, is removed from his Bethune St. home.
Police said they haven’t seen heroin with the Ace of Hearts stamp in New York City since 2012.
Cops also removed from Hoffman’s Bethune St. apartment several bags brimming with about 20 hypodermic needles.
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Hoffman’s remains were autopsied on Monday to determine the cause of death, and the heroin is being analyzed to try to determine whether it came from a particular batch currently being hawked on the street. Police, however, are pretty certain they know what killed the supremely talented but drug-addicted actor
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