NORTHEAST—Sometimes a recording studio is not just a recording studio. Sometimes it is a cover for a sting operation by the FBI and DC police. That was the case for one house that ended up netting $7.2 million worth of drugs, 161 weapons, and led to 70 arrests. [WaPo]
DUPONT CIRCLE—The Congolese Embassy has started to break up the concrete they put down over the lawn that they had promised to keep intact. No word on what they are going to do about the trees they cut down (that they had also promised to keep around). [Borderstan]