Inside The Covid-19 Cocaine Boom: High-End Drug Dealer Reveals GETTING RICH During The Pandemic

The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell

Johnny Mitchell

True Crime

4.3 • 563 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 92 minutes

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In this raw and unfiltered interview, Polo Cisneros breaks down how he built a multi-year career in the cocaine trade — and how the COVID-19 pandemic created the perfect storm for him to make over $1 million in record time. From supply shortages and skyrocketing prices to underground business strategies, Polo explains how the streets really work behind the scenes. He shares how he avoided prison for nearly two decades, the mindset that kept him alive, and why he ultimately walked away from the game. This isn’t a glorified story — it’s a real look at the risks, the money, and the consequences of life in the drug trade. In this episode: -How COVID changed the drug market overnight -Turning 1 kilo into massive profit -The strategy behind wholesale vs street-level dealing -Why he avoided violence and stayed under the radar -The moment he knew it was time to quit -The hidden costs of the lifestyle IG: https://www.instagram.com/get_yours_1000 Podcast: @Allways_In_Motion Website: https://allwaysinmotionproductions.com/ Join The Patreon For Bonus Content! https://www.patreon.com/theconnectshow 00:00 Meet Polo Cisneros 02:46 Building a Steady Coke Business 06:54 Learning the Game in New York & Jersey 09:29 Barbering, Connections & Learning to Press 13:37 Raw Product, Customers & Quality Control 15:19 Caribbean vs. Mexican Supply Routes 17:39 Colorado Grow & the Houston Connection 22:00 Walking Away From Bigger Cartel Ties 24:49 Growing the Business & Reinvesting in Logistics 28:18 Monthly Profit, Family Life & Staying Low-Key 31:13 Stash Spots, Driving Rules & Managing Risk 38:20 College Towns, Shore Towns & Out-of-State Customers 41:39 Molly, Club Drugs & Changing Trends 43:16 COVID Coke Shortage Changes Everything 45:01 Turning One Brick Into Ten 47:00 Making $2 Million During Lockdown 52:19 The Market Crashes & Going Legit 01:14:03 Filmmaking, Arrest, and Life After the Game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yeah, I've heard there's a lot of time.
0:01.2	Like, go get you whatever you want.
0:02.5	Ah, yeah, whatever.
0:03.7	Two weeks later, somebody was at my door. And I was like, oh, these guys wasn't playing. Give me 20 joints. 20 bricks of coke. Yeah, yeah. And then it all came to a head during COVID. December 2019, wholesale bricks of cocaine in New York City was going for about $28,000. Right? By April, that shit went to 50
0:23.2	So I took one brick
0:24.4	We made... wholesale bricks of cocaine, and New York City was going for about $28,000, right?
0:23.2	By April, that shit went to 50.
0:25.4	So I took one brick, we made 10.
0:29.0	January to July, I put about $2 million in my pocket.
0:31.5	Yeah, it was, it was crazy, man. I ain't going to lie.
0:32.4	It was, that was a time that was, man, get ready.
0:38.2	That's what we made the movie about.
0:39.4	Today I sat down with Polo Cisneros, a former Coke dealer from New York City who made
0:44.5	millions of dollars selling cocaine during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
0:49.5	From April 2020 until the end of that year, the cocaine shortage in New York City and throughout
0:55.5	the rest of the country was so severe that kilo prices shot up to $50,000, like it was
1:02.6	the 1970s again.
1:04.3	But lucky for Polo, he had a supplier who was still getting product in, and over the summer
1:09.1	of 2020 alone, he made $2 million selling
1:13.2	stepped-on kilos throughout New York City.
1:16.4	Wild!
1:17.4	Polo has since gotten out of the game and become a filmmaker.
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