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And the pill busts go on and on and on and on in Staten Island

More pill busts in Staten Island – in a never-ending show.

This time, eight people were arrested Wednesday after a raid on a West Brighton home yielded pills, weapons and body armor, according to the Staten Island Advance.

Authorities said contraband turned up in several rooms after the NYPD raided the residence at 217 Taylor St.

Police told the Advance they hauled in two Taser-style stun guns, a handgun, a rifle, two boxes of ammo, two bulletproof vests, 139 MDMA pills – commonly known as ecstasy – six oxycodone pills and one hydrocodone pill. They also found a scale with powder residue, a marijuana grinder with pot inside of it, and two marijuana cigarettes, according to authorities.

Police arrested four men and four women who were home at the time – Dominique (Dom) Terry, 24; Franklin (Frank) Terry, 35; Derick (Dirk) Terry, 26; Sasha (Sassy) McDuffie, 20; Toniann (Tano) Vaiano, 27; Janet (Janny) Croom, 42; Robert (Robby) White, 43; and Trina (Tricky) White, 41.

Franklin and Dominique Terry, as well as Croom, are said to have past criminal convictions.

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