Heroin

The heroin is a part of Grand Theft Auto IV's storyline including The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. Like the diamonds, it also has a large part of the game that involves the protagonists Niko, Johnny and Luis. Below are scenarios that takes place involving different people that gain possession of the heroin and the heroin itself.

History

When the Platypus arrived in Liberty City, the heroin, which belonged to the Algonquin Triads and brought in from the east, was smuggled into the city together with the diamonds and Niko Bellic. The Triads gave the heroin to The Angels of Death so they could sell it on the streets but the Angels soon lost it when Johnny Klebitz and The Lost Brotherhood destroyed the AoD clubhouse and stole it themselves. Through Elizabeta Torres, The Lost tried to sell the heroin, along with Niko Bellic and Playboy X as supervisors but the deal turned out to be a LCPD sting. Johnny escaped with the heroin and took it back to the Lost MC clubhouse while Niko and Playboy escaped empty-handed.

The Lost MC decide they will try and sell the heroin back to the Triads. Johnny, Club President Billy Grey, Club Treasurer Jim Fitzgerald and Club Secretary Brian Jeremy all went to the heroin deal which was actually a trap set-up by the Triad leader and Billy himself to kill Johnny and Jim. The hit fails and Johnny and Jim escape while Billy is arrested by the LCPD and the Triads re-obtain their heroin. On a side note, Luis Fernando Lopez and Tony Prince had previously met with the Triad leader to discuss some licensing arrangements for the planning department on behalf of Rocco Pelosi.

Phil Bell, an associate of the Pegorino Family hires Niko Bellic to ambush the Triads and steal the heroin before they can offload it. Niko does so by hijacking the truck containing the heroin and then taking it to an abandoned house in Westdyke, where Phil's nephew, Frankie Gallo would "sit" on the product until it was safe to sell it. After some time, Niko and Phil went to the house to move the heroin, however, the house was being monitored by the FIB. The three of them fought off numerous members of the NOOSE before hiding the heroin again in a house in Leftwood.

Eventually the boss of the Pegorino Family, Jimmy Pegorino, made a deal with Russian Mafia head Dimitri Rascalov, and joined forces. Pegorino gave all the heroin to Dimitri to sell it to Ray Bulgarin and asked Niko to accompany Phil when overseeing the deal. Niko is reluctant due to his personal grudge against Dimitri, but Jimmy manages to talk him round. However, Niko is again left unsure when his cousin Roman and girlfriend Kate advise him in opposite directions, Roman urging him to do the deal and Kate telling him to cut his ties with Dimitri altogether due to his previous betrayal.

Niko then either does the Deal or takes Revenge.

Deal

If Niko does the deal with Dimitri, Dimitri betrays Niko again by killing all of the buyers and taking the heroin, leaving Niko and Phil to the mercy of the men who were supposed to give them the money. However, Phil and Niko kill the men and steal the money. Dimitri, sends a hitman to kill Niko at Roman's wedding, but Roman is killed instead during the struggle. In retaliation Niko pursues Dimitri and Pegorino to an abandoned Casino in Alderney. There, Dimitri kills Pegorino in another act of betrayal before escaping by helicopter. However, Niko now ready to finally end things with Dimitri ones and for all corners him on Happiness Island after both their helicopters went down where he chases Dimitri around the Island and shoots him repeatedly and watches him succumb to his injuries and confronts him about what he's done.

After Dimitri's death, Ray Bulgarin claims the heroin and stores it at Funland. Luis Lopez goes there in pursuit of Bulgarin and ends up killing Bulgarin's right-hand man Timur and destroying the heroin. After that Luis rushes to the airport with the help of Yusuf Amir and kills Bulgarin aboard his private jet.

Revenge

If Niko chooses to take revenge, he goes to the Platypus, where Dimitri is hiding and storing the heroin, and carries out a full-blown assault where he kills Dimitri and his men. After killing Dimitri, Niko leaves the scene, and the heroin is left on the ship.

Niko's revenge leaves the Pegorino's ruined, without the money or the heroin. Niko then attends Roman's wedding, but Pegorino interferes and tries to kill Niko by firing on the guests, though Kate McReary is killed instead. Niko chases Pegorino to his hideout in a casino in Alderney where both have a confrontation before Pegorino escapes. After a lengthy chase through land, sea and air; Niko kills Pegorino on Happiness Island

Sometime after Niko killed Dimitri aboard the Platypus, Bulgarin and Timur claimed the heroin and took it to Funland in Broker to be unloaded. Luis carries out an attack and destroys the heroin. He then races to the airport to catch Bulgarin after learning from Timur that he was planning to flee back to Russia. Finally, Luis kills Bulgarin, who drops a grenade causing his jet to explode over Firefly Island.

Trio's involvments

Niko Bellic

After the Triads took back their heroin, which they believe is cursed, they later attempt to ship it. The Pegorino's hear about this and so Niko, under orders from Phil Bell steals the heroin and hides it in a abandoned house. When Niko and Phil went to go pick up the heroin, the FIB attempt to bust them. After they escaped the FIB, the Pegorino's ally with the Russians and try to sell it to another Mafia Family. Pegorino gives the heroin to Dimitri who says he has found a buyer. But Dimitri kills the buyer's and steals the heroin for himself in the "Deal" ending, whilst in the "Revenge" ending he never gets a chance to try and sell it due to Niko's ambush on the Platypus.

Johnny Klebitz

Johnny and the Lost MC steal the heroin from the Angels of Death clubhouse, unaware that the Angels of Death had stole it from the Triads to begin with. First, Johnny arranges for Elizabeta Torres to help him offload it. Elizabeta uses Playboy X and Niko Bellic to oversee the deal. However, it turns out to be an LCPD sting, the three of them escape, and Johnny takes the heroin back to the Lost MC clubhouse. When the Lost MC discover the heroin belonged to the Triads, Billy sends Jim and Johnny to sell it back to them. However, it is revealed that Billy arranged for the Triads to ambush and kill Johnny when he arrived. Johnny and Jim survive the ambush however, and the triads take back their heroin, the the cops show up and arrest Billy and Johnny does not see or hear of the heroin afterwards.

Luis Lopez

After Dimitri was killed Luis destroyed all of the heroin, and killed Bulgarin soon after. In "Deal", Luis does this immediately after Dimitri's death on Happiness Island. In "Revenge", Luis does this at some unknown time after Niko kills Pegorino.

Mission appearances

Note the following missions are sorted in chronological order of the timeline.

• The Cousins Bellic (GTA IV) - Appears being checked.
• Action/Reaction (TLAD) - Stolen by The Lost from their rivals, the Angels of Death.
• Blow Your Cover (GTA IV) and Buyer's Market (TLAD) - Elizabeta Torres gets Niko Bellic & Playboy X to supervise Johnny Klebitz doing a deal with a stranger; the deal, as predicted, is a sting by the LCPD. Johnny, Playboy & Niko all escape.
• This Shit's Cursed (TLAD) - Johnny Klebitz & Jim Fitzgerald, trying too deal the Heroin too the Algonquin Triads, have it stolen and are ambushed. They escape the building, only too discover Billy Grey has been arrested.
• Truck Hustle (GTA IV) - Niko Bellic, on orders of Phil Bell, steals the Heroin being held by the Triads & send it over too Frankie Gallo.
• To Live and Die in Alderney (GTA IV) - Frankie Garone & Phil Bell's Heroin are discovered by the Feds, causing the three of them too escape the cops.
• If the Price is Right (GTA IV; Deal) - Niko discovers the Heroin he thought he was dealing was stolen by Dimitri Rascalov (the original owner), forcing him & Phil to fight through the buyer's HQ to steal the money (they succeed).
• A Dish Served Cold (GTA IV; Revenge) - Dimitri, who dies, supervises the Heroin shipment. However, after dying, the Heroin is claimed by Ray Bulgarin.
• Departure Time (TBOGT) - Ray Bulgarin, his right hand Timur & the Heroin claimed from Dimitri are all finished off by Luis Lopez.

Trophy

• The Heroin, like the Diamonds, are a key part of the Pegorino Family's missions; Ray Boccino ops with Diamonds while the others op around the Heroin.
• With the exception of Niko, Johnny, Phil Bell & Frankie Gallo, all people involved with the Heroin die; this includes Billy Grey, Brian Jeremy, Jim Fitzgerald, Jimmy Pegorino, Dimitri Rascalov & Ray Bulgarin.

See Also

• Drugs for other uses of heroin in the Grand Theft Auto series.