Pony Down Crew: The Family Cartel Behind Detroit's $100 Million Drug Empire

Before the Chambers Brothers. Before BMF. There was Pony Down. As Detroit's auto industry collapsed and forty thousand jobs vanished, one man built a $100 million heroin empire from the wreckage. Leroy 'Gun' Buttrum didn't stumble into the drug game — he engineered it. Family-run, corporate-structured, operating in plain sight while the feds watched and waited. This is the story of Detroit's most overlooked criminal organization. The blueprint they built didn't die when they went to prison. It spread. DISCLAIMER: Hood Archives does not condone or glorify criminal activity or violence. This content is for historical and educational purposes only.