Byline: BRENDAN LYONS Staff writer
What looked like a slam dunk drug courier case has presented investigators with a tough moral dilemma.
A mentally disabled Brooklyn teenager who police think was duped into carrying a shipment of heroin to Albany on board a bus is now trapped in a legal quagmire as investigators Friday worked to track down his family and evaluate his mental capacity.
The sheriff's investigators don't want the young man treated like a criminal. But now that the teen is in custody on felony drug charges his quick release is not a certainty.
``This kid isn't that sharp,'' said Albany County Sheriff's Inspector John Burke. ``I made an arrest, but that doesn't mean I have to proceed with it.''
The boy, who is charged as a juvenile, remains in …
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