NYPD Officer Pleads Guilty to Running a Cocaine Ring Behind His Badge

On January 29, 2026, Andrew Nguyen — a 41-year-old New York City Police Department officer assigned to patrol and based in Harriman, New York — pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres to three federal counts including conspiracy to solicit and receive a bribe, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, after an FBI New York Field Office undercover operation and NYPD Internal Affairs investigation revealed he had spent nearly three years converting his NYPD credentials, authorized off-duty firearm, confidential database access, and official parking placard into a paid protection and transportation service for a drug-trafficking enterprise. Between approximately 2020 and November 2023, Nguyen accepted more than $30,000 in bribes from the enterprise's leader, transported approximately 8 kilograms of cocaine while armed with his NYPD-authorized Glock 26, queried confidential police databases on behalf of drug traffickers, submitted false reports to shield co-conspirators, conducted an unsanctioned car stop under false pretenses, and in a recorded FBI undercover operation agreed to transport what he believed were 5 kilograms of cocaine for $5,000. A search of his Harriman home at the time of his November 4, 2025 arrest recovered multiple loaded pistols, AR-15-style rifles, high-capacity magazines, and hollow-point ammunition. Plea-agreement sentencing guidelines call for 147 to 168 months, with the mandatory firearm charge adding a consecutive five-year minimum — a sentencing exposure driven in part by the fact that every operational tool the NYPD issued Nguyen to protect New York City, he used to ensure its drug supply moved safely through it. Disclaimer: This video is a dramatization based on real events. Some visual content was created with artificial intelligence assistance. Some details have been fictionalized and all names have been changed to protect the privacy of those involved.