1.   A Bronx lawyer was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of racketeering and conspiracy to distribute narcotics in connection with his legal representation of an accused heroin gang.

2.   Federal prosecutors charged a Manhattan doctor and two pharmacists Wednesday with taking part in a conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription narcotics.

3.   Yet his sentence reflected his position as the first officer sentenced for conspiring to distribute narcotics, a crime that carries a mandatory prison sentence of five years.

4.   Police charged Mohammed with conspiracy to distribute narcotics.

5.   The defendant indicated that he would claim he was poorly represented in March when he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute narcotics.