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Carl Williams seeking leave to appeal his minimum 35-year sentence for his role in three underworld slayings.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWPtjWyEUJTHT192eal1AbfrEFJfZcw_eBqcfnyczyXWsG76J8JcaNZrKKIOcqMVXPCB7-vZIJLrOsNQSASzEsLLRH5s6ibzkbix-28Q7eaEAprW5vyM4b8ZrUUzAjR6wEP2U_oaBZCM/s1600-h/will.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190330972921662674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWPtjWyEUJTHT192eal1AbfrEFJfZcw_eBqcfnyczyXWsG76J8JcaNZrKKIOcqMVXPCB7-vZIJLrOsNQSASzEsLLRH5s6ibzkbix-28Q7eaEAprW5vyM4b8ZrUUzAjR6wEP2U_oaBZCM/s320/will.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a> Carl Williams will appear in a Melbourne court seeking leave to appeal his minimum 35-year sentence for his role in three underworld slayings.Tight security will surround Williams' appearance before Justice Marcia Neave in the Court of Appeal. Williams was last year convicted of the murders of gangland rivals Jason Moran, Lewis Moran and Mark Mallia, and a failed conspiracy to murder underworld figure and former lawyer Mario Condello.He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 35 years.It is understood Williams' lawyers have launched the appeal on the grounds the sentence was manifestly excessive and the sentencing judge, Justice Betty King, made errors of law and fact.If the original sentence stands, Williams will be 71 years old before he will be eligible for parole. Jason Moran, 36, and associate Pasquale Barbaro, 40, were shot dead in a mini-van in the car park of the Cross Keys Hotel in Essendon North, as five children inside looked on, on June 21, 2003. Williams was convicted only for Moran's murder. Two months later, on August 18, 2003, the charred remains of Mark Mallia, 30, were discovered in a drain in West Sunshine.Then, on March 31, 2004, crime family patriarch Lewis Moran, 58, Jason Moran's father, was gunned down by two men in the front bar of the Brunswick Club in Sydney Road, Brunswick.A series of police raids averted an attempt on the life of Mario Condello outside his home in North Road, East Brighton, on June 9, 2004.Condello was later shot dead in the driveway of his house on February 6, 2006. Williams was not charged with that murder.

Carl Williams seeking leave to appeal his minimum 35-year sentence for his role in three underworld slayings.

Carl Williams will appear in a Melbourne court seeking leave to appeal his minimum 35-year sentence for his role in three underworld slayin...

Steven Peter Verrall charged with 14 Commonwealth counts of importing drugs and one count of dealing in the proceeds of crime.

Steven Peter Verrall who has previously been sentenced to seven years in jail for drug trafficking allegedly has a multitude of false identities, no job or government benefits, and no paperwork for a car he says he paid $10,000 for.The Bli Bli 36-year-old is charged with 14 Commonwealth counts of importing drugs and one count of dealing in the proceeds of crime, as well as three state charges including drug trafficking and possessing property derived from trafficking.Police prosecutor Andy Macpherson said police had seized documentation, CCTV footage of money transfers and had telephone intercepts.“The latest escapade into drug trafficking involved an extensive network of crime contacts. He was in regular contact by telephone and email,” he said.“A vehicle owned by the defendant and used for the distribution and collection of drugs is on surveillance footage.“He has failed to appear (in court). Police are aware he has a passport in another name.“Mobile phones used in commission of the trafficking (were) set up in false names.”Sergeant Macpherson said Mr Verrall, who had recently travelled to Thailand when he was arrested, was found with a number of envelopes with drugs that had been intercepted through the mail system by the Australian Federal Police.He said police had photographed and forensically examined and tested the parcels and then forwarded them to the mailing addresses.Sgt Macpherson said the parcels were sent to false addresses but ended up in Mr Verrall’s possession.He said police had seized $10,000 from Mr Verrall’s home and $11,000 from his mother’s home as well as false identities and SIM cards allegedly used in the importation of cocaine.“He does not have any legitimate source of income, he’s not receiving government benefits,” he said. “There’s no paper trail for purchase of that vehicle.”Commonwealth prosecutor Aimee Aisthorpe said the 14 charges of drug importation carried a maximum penalty of 25 years imprisonment, while dealing in the proceeds of a crime had a 20-year maximum. “If convicted he will be spending quite a lengthy term in custody,” she said. “He would be looking ... in the range of three to six years.” Ms Aisthorpe said police had documents, CCTV footage, post office box keys, phone intercepts and knew Mr Verrall planned to travel just before he was arrested. She said Mr Verrall had "up to 13 post office boxes using false names and false identity documents” which showed he was able to obtain false identities easily. Solicitor Lindsay Hall told the court Mr Verrall could post a surety in any amount, live with his parents, abide a curfew and report to police daily if granted bail. He said his client had been on bail for a year before he was sentenced in 1997 and did not flee.“He must have known some significant period would flow but he did appear in the supreme court,” he said.Mr Hall said the prosecution had not provided him with any evidence against his client and had remained silent on charges against a Thai man also charged during the investigation. Magistrate Cliff Taylor refused bail because he believed there was an unacceptable risk of reoffending.Co-accused Paul Manning is charged with aiding and abetting the commission of importation and aiding the importation of a marketable quantity of cocaine. Mark Domrow and Ben Woolgrove are charged with conspiring to import drugs.

Steven Peter Verrall charged with 14 Commonwealth counts of importing drugs and one count of dealing in the proceeds of crime.

Steven Peter Verrall who has previously been sentenced to seven years in jail for drug trafficking allegedly has a multitude of false identi...

Hayden Reginald Van Dijk jailed for six years

Hayden Reginald Van Dijk, 29, was yesterday jailed for six years by Justice Chisholm in the High Court in Christchurch after admitting charges of making methamphetamine and possessing equipment to make it.A co-offender, Julian Vivian Alexander Paul Mackie, 32, who was found guilty of allowing premises to be used for drug-making, was sentenced to a year's home detention.The judge said that on January 30 last year, the landlord visited the Salisbury Street house and what he saw prompted a call to the police. They noticed chemical smells and saw items usually associated with a methamphetamine laboratory. Help was then sought from a specialist team. Soon after, Van Dijk was seen leaving, carrying four bottles of chemicals, and he was arrested.Among items found were 17kg of toluene, two litres of sulphuric acid, the remains of cold medicines used as a precursor for P, a covert surveillance camera, "and the list goes on", the judge said."There is ample evidence to support the inference this was a significant commercial operation."Van Dijk had a long list of previous convictions for drug-related offending, but a significant aggravating factor was a previous conviction for making methamphetamine, for which he served time in jail."It's regrettable you did not learn your lesson then," the judge said. In the case of Mackie, the judge said until he heard submissions from defence counsel James Rapley, he thought there was no option but jail.Mackie, who lived in the house with Van Dijk, knew what was going to happen and allowed it to happen. With "huge misgivings", Justice Chisholm said he would impose home detention, given there was solid evidence Mackie had made efforts to turn his life around.

Hayden Reginald Van Dijk jailed for six years

Hayden Reginald Van Dijk, 29, was yesterday jailed for six years by Justice Chisholm in the High Court in Christchurch after admitting charg...

Jose G. Martinez Vazquez,Aldo Raymundo Garza charged them with trafficking in cocaine.

Drug agents found 15 kilos of cocaine worth about $2 million when they stopped a tractor-trailer Monday for a routine safety inspection, police spokesman Wendell Johnson said. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSyKFPuhOVRZhMVBEjwtHQ0J8y0qk_RT5yWVZoMmtsQtyiSXvG4aOB49Zi4YCF3uyaKeXfhkVP9DR3hMyYN73435t7AhvWZDxI68IS00uTcA2gdK4gRlsuU1ZiVthL5xdBCZibdZJ-YQ/s1600-h/small_Garza.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189971664547613810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSyKFPuhOVRZhMVBEjwtHQ0J8y0qk_RT5yWVZoMmtsQtyiSXvG4aOB49Zi4YCF3uyaKeXfhkVP9DR3hMyYN73435t7AhvWZDxI68IS00uTcA2gdK4gRlsuU1ZiVthL5xdBCZibdZJ-YQ/s320/small_Garza.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9SVy2nVPMlS-gYyDlkmtODpG7rc48wt13vrEbVFtKGzqF156jTZCyfQFqOpMFenuk1C7R9T9IGs45QpL6n8vdbUGuaGcXtRNtKr9ObI0n6Lqa4zPuKo4MB1mdXtxF6WAWgAhuek_pTw/s1600-h/small_Varquez.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189971664547613826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9SVy2nVPMlS-gYyDlkmtODpG7rc48wt13vrEbVFtKGzqF156jTZCyfQFqOpMFenuk1C7R9T9IGs45QpL6n8vdbUGuaGcXtRNtKr9ObI0n6Lqa4zPuKo4MB1mdXtxF6WAWgAhuek_pTw/s320/small_Varquez.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a>The 18-wheeler was heading north on Interstate 65 near Priceville when it was pulled over. A routine inspection led police to believe the truck was carrying contraband, and a drug-sniffing dog alerted that drugs were present, Johnson said.Highway interdiction agents from the Madison-Morgan County Strategic Counterdrug Team arrested Jose G. Martinez Vazquez, 39, and Aldo Raymundo Garza, 37, and charged them with trafficking in cocaine. The suspects are from Brownsville, Texas, and investigators believe the two men were headed for Chicago, Johnson said.They are being held in the Morgan County Jail.

Jose G. Martinez Vazquez,Aldo Raymundo Garza charged them with trafficking in cocaine.

Drug agents found 15 kilos of cocaine worth about $2 million when they stopped a tractor-trailer Monday for a routine safety inspection, pol...

Michael Thompson was dividing up cannabis from a Tesco bag and weighing it on electronic scales

Drugs squad officers became suspicious when they saw the Ford Fiesta on a remote car park, and when they approached it there was an overpowering smell of cannabis, said prosecutor Paul Abraham at Teesside Crown Court. The pair of 19-year-olds were dividing up cannabis from a Tesco bag and weighing it on electronic scales. They said they were waiting for two friends who would have bought it for £20 a bag. The car driver said he had bought the drug on credit for £600 and he would have made £1,000 profit.Mr Abraham added: "It would appear to have been a mobile cannabis factory, and they were separating it into deals."They also had £195 cash inside a Paystation box, a silver shaker used for separating cannabis, a set of electronic scales, and 12 clear plastic bags containing cannabis. They were taking it from a Tesco bag and separating it."Michael Thompson, now 20, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis with intent to supply it on December 8, 2006, at Piercebridge near Darlington.Judge Bryan Forster QC told him: "People speak highly of you and you have let yourself down by becoming involved in what that other person was doing. "You are clearly capable of much better and I am sure you have brought a lot of distress to your mother and your family by what has happened." Thompson of Bates Avenue, Darlington, was given a four months sentence in a young offender's institution suspended for 12 months with supervision, 80 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay £250 court costs. The driver was sentenced in January to 12 months detention suspended for two years with 120 hours unpaid work after he admitted the same charge.

Michael Thompson was dividing up cannabis from a Tesco bag and weighing it on electronic scales

Drugs squad officers became suspicious when they saw the Ford Fiesta on a remote car park, and when they approached it there was an overpowe...

flavored cocaine, Gustavo BANUELOS, Eduardo ROSILLO, Samuel NUNGARAY, Arrested

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWhuICQbaA06QzCvvxKcSXoJJwhwUhCL29KD8tOBOhqO2_HGleauyhKb_XhmlmAHEi04gTBqxsulf14uEJXeEJnFn4GHUR46Dq0P0bZRZVN9OIttqaI_XT33Ws3hKaxZ2UOag2FFoqN0/s1600-h/sanfran031008_fig1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189942888266730546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWhuICQbaA06QzCvvxKcSXoJJwhwUhCL29KD8tOBOhqO2_HGleauyhKb_XhmlmAHEi04gTBqxsulf14uEJXeEJnFn4GHUR46Dq0P0bZRZVN9OIttqaI_XT33Ws3hKaxZ2UOag2FFoqN0/s400/sanfran031008_fig1.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a> Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Gordon Taylor and United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott, announced the arrest of Gustavo BANUELOS, 47, Eduardo ROSILLO, 27, both of Modesto and Samuel NUNGARAY, 23, of Manteca, and the service of two (2) federal search warrants related to the investigation. As a result of this investigation law enforcement seized approximately 7 pounds regular cocaine, 1 ½ pounds flavored cocaine, over 2 ½ pounds suspected methamphetamine, and 5 weapons. Some of the seized cocaine includes flavors such as strawberry, lemon, coconut and cinnamon. The arrest and search warrants were served without incident. The street value of the cocaine seized in this investigation is estimated to be approximately $272,400.“Attempting to lure new, younger customers to a dangerous drug by adding candy ‘flavors’ is an unconscionable marketing technique. Cocaine is cocaine and jail time is jail time, no matter how you flavor it,” stated DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Gordon Taylor.This investigation began approximately 10 months ago, when agents received information that Gustavo BANUELOS was distributing large amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine in the Modesto area. That same month, an undercover agent was introduced to BANUELOS at a bar in Modesto for the purpose of purchasing cocaine. During the course of this investigation, agents conducted more than 6 undercover purchases of cocaine, totaling over 4 pounds. Approximately 7 ounces of the purchased cocaine was flavored either with strawberry, lemon, coconut or cinnamon.According to the affidavit, the undercover agent would contact BANUELOS directly to arrange for the purchase of either regular cocaine and/or flavored cocaine. BANUELOS would then meet with undercover agents at a local bar in Modesto to conduct the transaction. Flavors offered to the undercover varied depending on availability of the product. The price of regular cocaine ranged from approximately $600-$700 per ounce, while the flavored cocaine ranged from $1,100 - $1,400 per ounce. Court documents describe the “strawberry” flavored cocaine as pink in color, the “cinnamon” flavor an off-white/tan color, while the “coconut” flavored cocaine appeared to be a fine white powdery substance with a coconut-like odor. The investigation culminated on March 6, 2008, when BANUELOS agreed to meet with undercover agents at Vintage Faire Mall on Dale Rd., in Modesto. Law enforcement conducted surveillance of BANUELOS prior to his arrival at the meet location. Agents observed that BANUELOS was being followed in a separate vehicle by an individual subsequently identified as Samuel NUNGARAY. During the meeting BANUELOS delivered approximately 9 ounces lemon cocaine, 5 ½ ounces strawberry cocaine and over 1 ounce coconut cocaine to undercover agents. Law enforcement arrested BANUELOS and NUNGARAY without incident. Agents conducted a search of NUNGARAY’s vehicle subsequent to his arrest and seized approximately 1 ounce cocaine, a digital scale and a loaded .38 caliber semi-automatic pistol in the center console. According to court documents, NUNGARAY was acting as protection for BANUELOS during the drug transaction.Shortly thereafter agents served federal search warrants at BANUELOS’ residence located at 221 El Vista Avenue, Modesto and at the residence of his suspected source of supply, Eduardo ROSILLO, at 2205 Northridge Drive, Modesto. At BANUELOS’ residence law enforcement seized approximately 1 ounce of flavored cocaine, over 2 ½ pounds of suspected methamphetamine and one illegal sawed-off rifle. From ROSILLO’s residence law enforcement seized over 4 pounds cocaine from the kitchen, approximately 7 ½ ounces cocaine from a candy bowl on the kitchen counter and 2 ounces cocaine throughout the residence. Additionally, agents seized 3 guns to include a .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol, a .357 caliber revolver and a .32 caliber handgun. ROSILLO was arrested at that time without incident.

flavored cocaine, Gustavo BANUELOS, Eduardo ROSILLO, Samuel NUNGARAY, Arrested

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Gordon Taylor and United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott, announc...

Robert Carlson, once a petty officer aboard HMCS Saskatoon

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEeKyJ-Z76lcZgmDAX-cnwKFZ2BtUxVJ4VoR9-0hMpwhcRtQRBY3oQ3kPPOSuWm9y5pn0G7qJVAQKNVcD3mna6YhDEb5T5BN4_htioHaggZv0Gi7I73-Y6MyK9lj6JIro0id0ENtr5DI/s1600-h/ship.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189941157394910242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEeKyJ-Z76lcZgmDAX-cnwKFZ2BtUxVJ4VoR9-0hMpwhcRtQRBY3oQ3kPPOSuWm9y5pn0G7qJVAQKNVcD3mna6YhDEb5T5BN4_htioHaggZv0Gi7I73-Y6MyK9lj6JIro0id0ENtr5DI/s320/ship.bmp" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a> Robert Carlson, once a petty officer aboard HMCS Saskatoon who has since been released from the military, had also been charged with one count of trafficking cocaine, but that charge was dropped.Carlson admitted today that he used cocaine on his off-days, and also knew that two of his subordinates were also doing so. His sentence will be decided later today.Carlson is one of four crew members from the Saskatoon charged after a military undercover sting targeted the warship in early 2006. He was the most senior, and the last, to face court martial. All four have been released from the military.His court martial was delayed last October after his lawyer withdrew from the case citing a conflict of interest - a colleague of the lawyer had represented Jason Ennis, another member of the Saskatoon crew earlier in2007. In addition to Carlson and Ennis, who was found guilty of drug use and fined $2,000 in August, two other crew members were charged. Sonya Robert, a 27-year-old ship's cook, was fined $500 and handed a 30-day suspended sentence in April after she sold half a gram of cocaine to an undercover military officer at a private residence in Victoria in January 2006.Brenda Murley, a 28-year-old deckhand, pleaded guilty to trafficking charges in February. She was fined $500 and given a 15-day suspended sentence.Military officials have said that drugs were not being used on board the ship or imported across borders

Robert Carlson, once a petty officer aboard HMCS Saskatoon

Robert Carlson, once a petty officer aboard HMCS Saskatoon who has since been released from the military, had also been charged with one cou...

Neil Scott,, at the High Court in Edinburgh that he was "most unfortunately the author of his own misfortune".

Neil Scott, 31, at the High Court in Edinburgh that he was "most unfortunately the author of his own misfortune".At an earlier hea...

Stephen H. Laurencin,Alimahad A. Isa allegations of selling heroin on the University of Connecticut campus

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNfaojNKyD_DSofP-D7kpnaLVnk-wjxbBSviOzHbjhEdGnDOjhDdbn37GUNVwEFLkXUeEXOiNK_3-iK7h0wDKS6I51Ys7zp0whyphenhyphenAldk4pEFKzp7xrss8Bg53vCbAyZYqof2RxqUFTdDw/s1600-h/_44530813_heroin_226.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189944159577050178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNfaojNKyD_DSofP-D7kpnaLVnk-wjxbBSviOzHbjhEdGnDOjhDdbn37GUNVwEFLkXUeEXOiNK_3-iK7h0wDKS6I51Ys7zp0whyphenhyphenAldk4pEFKzp7xrss8Bg53vCbAyZYqof2RxqUFTdDw/s400/_44530813_heroin_226.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a> allegations of selling the heroin at the university.Investigators said undercover officers interrupted a drug sale in a campus parking lot, at which time, they seized the heroin, 1.7 grams of marijuana and a scale.State police identified those arrested as Stephen H. Laurencin, 19, and Alimahad A. Isa, 21, both of Hartford.Laurencin remains held on $150,000 bond on charges of possession of heroin, possession of heroin with intent to sell, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.Isa remains held on $25,000 bond on charges of conspiracy to possess heroin, conspiracy to sell heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia.Two young men were arrested Tuesday night at the University of Connecticut after state police undercover detectives interrupted a drug transaction in a campus parking lot and seized 200 bags of heroin, state police said.The arrests occurred shortly after 8 p.m. during the undercover operation by the statewide narcotics task force and UConn police.Stephen H. Laurencin, 19, of 123 Clark St., Hartford was charged with possession of heroin and possession with intent to sell heroin , police said. He was being held on $150,000 bond.Alimahad A. Isa, 21, of 83 Mayflower St., West Hartford, was charged with conspiracy to possess heroin, and conspiracy to sell heroin, state police said. He was being held on $25,000 bond. Both men were also charged with possession of marijana and drug paraphernalia.Laurencin and Isa were arraigned today in Superior Court in Rockville. Laurencin's bond was raised to $200,000 while Isa's remained at $25,000. State and UConn police conducted the investigation after learning that the suspects were bringing heroin from Hartford to distribute on the UConn campus, police said. Also seized was 1.7 grams of marijuana and a scale. The estimated street value of the drugs is about $3,000, police said. The suspects are students at the university.

Stephen H. Laurencin,Alimahad A. Isa allegations of selling heroin on the University of Connecticut campus

allegations of selling the heroin at the university.Investigators said undercover officers interrupted a drug sale in a campus parking lot, ...

Edwin Disla Customs and Border Protection Officer Miami International Airport agreed to transport multi-kilogram amounts of heroin and cocaine

Edwin Disla, age 34 of Miami, Florida, to a term of imprisonment of 365 months, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release. This action follows defendant Disla’s conviction by a federal jury sitting in Fort Lauderdale on February 8, 2008, of charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (Count 1). In addition, defendant Disla was convicted of attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 2 (Count 2) and attempted possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 2 (Count 3). According to evidence adduced at trial, defendant Edwin Disla was employed as a Customs and Border Protection Officer assigned to the Miami International Airport. From January 2007 through March 28, 2007, in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties, Disla agreed to transport multi-kilogram amounts of heroin and cocaine from Puerto Rico to either New York or Miami. On February 9, 2007, Disla delivered ten kilograms of purported cocaine to individuals in Hallandale, Florida. While transporting the sham cocaine through the Luis Munoz Marin Airport in Puerto Rico and Miami International Airport, Disla used his law enforcement authority to bypass security. On March 28, 2007, Disla was arrested in Puerto Rico having received duffel bags containing 25 kilograms of sham cocaine and 20 kilograms of sham heroin from undercover agents with the Puerto Rico Police Department assigned to the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Task Force. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Edwin Disla Customs and Border Protection Officer Miami International Airport agreed to transport multi-kilogram amounts of heroin and cocaine

Edwin Disla, age 34 of Miami, Florida, to a term of imprisonment of 365 months, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release. T...

John Paul Jones was rushed to hospital with acute stomach ache was arrested after a doctor found 65 packages containing drugs

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPkYxBx0OeXVMg4NTOOpbqAoqZ52wl-gY6t-K7N4Ugp4AjX_1pRICnC8DjHVEZCJ66j_0u9xE53sbu-OllzJf3jPtPkBcOd2JFLi_RfPmoGoYWyIKMdHhRECK8-cXMVjHaGbR5Hph1RI/s1600-h/CA0FL3IA.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188876117174651474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPkYxBx0OeXVMg4NTOOpbqAoqZ52wl-gY6t-K7N4Ugp4AjX_1pRICnC8DjHVEZCJ66j_0u9xE53sbu-OllzJf3jPtPkBcOd2JFLi_RfPmoGoYWyIKMdHhRECK8-cXMVjHaGbR5Hph1RI/s400/CA0FL3IA.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a> Australian tourist who was rushed to hospital with acute stomach ache was arrested after a doctor found 65 packages containing drugs worth more than one million baht in his stomach. The provincial hospital alerted police late on Friday night when an X-ray of John Paul Jones, 51, revealed suspicious objects, shaped like a string of sausages, in his intestine. The objects were later extracted and identified as 800 grammes of hashish. Worapob Sutiwatanaruput, the doctor supervising the case, said Mr Jones experienced severe stomach pain after staying on the tourist island of Samui for five days and was taken to hospital. ''Before the operation, Mr Jones looked nervous and asked whether police would be notified. We found 62 black objects obstructing his small intestine. Three packs had burst,'' Dr Worapob said. The hash was wrapped in condoms and each pack was about two inches long. The operation to extract the packages took two hours and Mr Jones remained in critical condition yesterday, the doctor said. Police said the hash, regarded as a category 5 drug, was not produced in Thailand. The drug was likely to have been made in India or Pakistan and is popular among tourists who take part in the full moon parties on Koh Phangan, an island close to Samui. It is sold at 1,500-2,000 baht a gramme. Police said Mr Jones would be charged and detained for interrogation. Provincial governor Vinai Buapradit suspected Mr Jones swallowed the drugs when he was overseas so he could pass through drug detectors and sniffer dogs at airports and at the pier on Samui where boats leave for Koh Phangan. Pinyo Thongchai, the deputy chief of the Department of Special Investigation, said trans-national criminal groups were rampant on Koh Samui. As well as the Bandidos motorcycle gang, which recently faced a crackdown by authorities, there were also international mafia gangs doing illegal businesses in drugs, land and property deals and extorting money from foreign businessmen. In June last year police on Koh Samui arrested Frenchman Pittet Pasca Maorica, 53, who was also admitted to Samui International Hospital after suffering from stomach pain. Doctors found one kilogramme of heroin in his stomach.

John Paul Jones was rushed to hospital with acute stomach ache was arrested after a doctor found 65 packages containing drugs

Australian tourist who was rushed to hospital with acute stomach ache was arrested after a doctor found 65 packages containing drugs worth m...

James K. Goodwin,Justin D. Bryant have each been charged with possession of cocaine with intent to traffic

James K. Goodwin, 26, and Justin D. Bryant, 20, have each been charged with possession of cocaine with intent to traffic and one count of co...

Kuo Ting Liu,Huang Yu Lum

Kuo Ting Liu, 23, and Huang Yu Lum, 26, confiscated drugs estimated to be worth at least Rp 10 billion on the local market. Rahmat Subagion, chief of the airport customs office, said the suspects arrived at the airport at about 8 p.m. on Friday on board China Airline's CI 679 flight. "Officers, who saw the passengers arrive became suspicious as the two suspects looked nervous. Officers at the check point saw two bags that only had food in them," he said. After waiting for a few minutes, the two Taiwainese came to claim the bags. Officers found it suspicious the bags only contained food and asked the passengers to open them. Officers then examined the snack boxes and found 29 bags containing crystal methamphetamine wrapped in aluminum foil. Eko Darmanto, chief of intelligence at the customs office, said the suspects told officers someone would to pick up the drugs as soon as they arrived at the airport. "We always pay extra attention to all passengers arriving from Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Those are the countries along the drug smuggling routes," he said. According to Eko, it was the third drug smuggling attempt customs officers have foiled since February.

Kuo Ting Liu,Huang Yu Lum

Kuo Ting Liu, 23, and Huang Yu Lum, 26, confiscated drugs estimated to be worth at least Rp 10 billion on the local market. Rahmat Subagion,...

John Drutherosky,Frank Howe,Jessica White each arrested and charged with heroin possession

John Drutherosky, of Archbald, Frank Howe, of Moscow, and Jessica White, of Carbondale, were each arrested and charged with heroin possessio...

Indian Point Nuclear cocaine testing

The security guards – employed by New Orleans-based plant owner Entergy Nuclear – are on paid leave for two weeks. The company fires employees who fail drug tests twice, Entergy spokesman Jim Steets said. Point nuclear power plant security guards have been suspended for coming to work with cocaine in their systems, a spokesman for the plants’ owner said.The workers’ apparent drug use didn’t compromise safety at the plant 35 miles north of midtown Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Neil Sheehan said.The security guards’ suspensions came a month after a construction company supervisor tested positive for alcohol use and was barred from working at the plant.One guard was tested for drugs after leaving her post unexpectedly and failing to respond when commanders radioed her Wednesday; she was found sick in a bathroom, Steets said.The other guard was tested Thursday because he was returning from an absence of more than 29 days; he had been on military leave, according to plant officials.Federal regulations say there can be no trace of alcohol or drugs in anyone working at a nuclear plant. Only 209 of the more than 70,000 tests of nuclear plant workers and contractors nationwide in 2006 came back positive, according to the NRC.Steets said the security guards’ test results were unfortunate but showed that the plant was succeeding in efforts to make sure workers were fit for duty.The NRC is “satisfied with how the company is handling the situation,” Sheehan said. Another Indian Point security worker got into trouble in August, when the armed guard was found dozing at an inner-ring security gate. The NRC later determined the incident was of “very low security significance.”The plant has about 1,300 employees.Critics regularly express concern about the plant’s safety, but federal regulators have rejected calls to shut it down. Entergy has applied for new licenses that would let Indian Point keep running into the 2030s.

Indian Point Nuclear cocaine testing

The security guards – employed by New Orleans-based plant owner Entergy Nuclear – are on paid leave for two weeks. The company fires employe...

Axelexen Johanne Vinther arrested for posting pharmaceuticals

Axelexen Johanne Vinther, 45, attracted the suspicion of postal workers at the capital’s main post office earlier this week. Police investig...

Beheaded Mohammed Qodous ,Idris Abdul-Ghani convicted of smuggling cocaine into the kingdom.

Mohammed Qodous and Idris Abdul-Ghani, were convicted of smuggling the drugs by swallowing sachets of cocaine. The Interior Ministry says th...

Tyler Morris,Brandy Conley,Robert Jones arrested for drug offenses

Tyler Morris, 22, of 60 Carleton Ave., was charged with possession of drugs (Suboxone), a third-degree felony, as well as possession of a da...

Simon Bland bailed with a condition not to travel as a front-seat passenger in a car and imposed an interim driving ban

Simon Bland was stopped in his Ford Focus automatic twice within the space of three hours for bringing terror to the roads of Teesside on July 7. yesterday begged a judge to ban him from the roads for life for his series of potentially-deadly outings last year. The second time he was stopped - after colliding with a van in Middlesbrough - police found the 35-year-old slumped at the wheel. Three weeks later, Bland mounted a kerb and narrowly missed a child on a bike before knocking down a refuse collector and hitting a stationary car. On November 22, police were called to a Middlesbrough medical centre when staff became concerned about drug-addict Bland's behaviour. Bland tried to flee the scene in his £5,000 hatchback and drove at pedestrians on the pavement before reversing into the patrol car. After being arrested, he refused to be interviewed and failed to provide a urine sample to help police discover if he had taken drink or drugs. Bland pleaded guilty to three charges of dangerous driving when he appeared at Teesside Crown Court - and asked to be locked up immediately. But Judge Les Spittle yesterday adjourned the case to learn more about the recovering heroin addict's troubled background. Bland, who told the court he is suffering from hepatitis B and lung cancer, asked the judge to remand him in custody ahead of his next appearance. He said he would receive better care in the hospital wing of Holme House Prison in Stockton and was in tears as he pleaded with Judge Spittle. The judge gave Bland bail - with a condition not to travel as a front-seat passenger in a car - and imposed an interim driving ban. Judge Spittle explained that it would be easier to get medical and probation reports if Bland was bailed to his home in Hemlington, Middlesbrough. Bland, of Boscom Gardens, left court in tears and vowing to commit a crime so he would be locked up.

Simon Bland bailed with a condition not to travel as a front-seat passenger in a car and imposed an interim driving ban

Simon Bland was stopped in his Ford Focus automatic twice within the space of three hours for bringing terror to the roads of Teesside on Ju...

This was a large and valuable quantity of cocaine,Gang sentenced Thursday to a total of 50 years in prison at Isleworth Crown Court

Glen Ford Clark (49) and Bimal Puri (50) were found guilty last month and were sentenced each to 15 years in prison for their parts in the s...

Milton Joseph IV,Aaron White,Eddie Sandifer ,Damon Burkhalter were all members of the NOFD until their arrests.

Milton Joseph IV, 25; Aaron White, 24; and Eddie Sandifer III, 22 were all members of the NOFD until their arrests. Additionally, Damon Burk...

Perry Redd was convicted of renewed drug charges that were filed against him after he broke a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

Perry Redd was convicted today of renewed drug charges that were filed against him after he broke a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.Redd was convicted of conspiracy to possess crack cocaine, criminal contempt of court, simple possession and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.The jury deliberated for several hours on Friday before returning its verdict in the early afternoon. The case was tried on Chattanooga, where it had been transferred from Knoxville.Sentencing is set for 2 p.m. July 10. Redd now faces the potential of more prison time than the 10 years and three months he originally agreed to. Redd was indicted as Perry Dawhayne McCreary-Redd but has always gone by the name Perry Redd.He is a one-time armed robber who became a prominent community activist, and was then arrested in 2004 with a loaded handgun and a vial of crack cocaine.Later, he agreed to plead guilty to some charges in exchange for dismissal of others, and was sentenced to 10 years and three months. Part of his plea agreement was that he could appeal the length of his sentence, but would not appeal the conviction of charges.But Redd fired his lawyer and, representing himself, successfully challenged the convictions. He then claimed that the language in the appeals court decision not only overturned his sentence but voided the entire plea agreement.But federal prosecutors prevailed in their position that he had violated his plea agreement, and were free to reopen his case, seek a longer sentence if convicted, and even use as evidence the statements he made to authorities after he signed off on his plea agreement.

Perry Redd was convicted of renewed drug charges that were filed against him after he broke a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

Perry Redd was convicted today of renewed drug charges that were filed against him after he broke a plea agreement with federal prosecutors....

Yhans Haughton is charged with possession, dealing in and attempting to export some 7.5 pounds of ganja

Yhans Haughton, 24, auto body repairman of Hampton in Runaway Bay, was offered $250,000 bail with one or two sureties, and ordered to report to the Runaway Bay police Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. He is charged with possession, dealing in and attempting to export some 7.5 pounds of ganja that was found in two secret compartments in a flight pack he had checked in. It is alleged that on March 31, he checked in a flight pack and a Pullman suitcase to board an Air Jamaica flight to Nassau, Bahamas. The flight pack was taken to the boarding gate and searched in his presence. Eight packages containing vegetable matter resembling ganja were allegedly found. Under caution, he pleaded with the officer to give him a chance. Defence attorney Adrian Dayes in a bail application told the court that his client got the flight pack to deliver to someone and that Haughton had no knowledge that it contained contraband. The accused man is scheduled to return to court on May 15. In the meantime, the court is awaiting several statements and the forensic report to complete the case file.

Yhans Haughton is charged with possession, dealing in and attempting to export some 7.5 pounds of ganja

Yhans Haughton, 24, auto body repairman of Hampton in Runaway Bay, was offered $250,000 bail with one or two sureties, and ordered to report...

Raja Arshad,Shazad Majid pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs between December 2006 and July last year.

Raja Arshad, 26, who lived there, and Shazad Majid,29, of Westbourne Grove, North Ormesby, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs between December 2006 and July last year. They were remanded in custody for sentence later. Three more men and a woman deny conspiracy with them and also with unknown others, and Mr Makepace said that the issue was whether each of them was a party to it. On trial are Arshad's father, Mohammed Arshad, 50, and his brother, Murthaza Arshad, 24, both of Oxford Road, his sister, Tabenda Kayani, 25, of Kensington Road, Middlesbrough, and Amin Younis, 31, of Brafferton Road, Middlesbrough. Mr Makespeace said that some of the items in Oxford Road had the fingerprints of Younis. Raja and Murthaza Arshad both had beds in the attic. Murthaza Arshad was arrested in the attic, and he told officers that there was money in the bedroom. a detective on foot patrol spotted a nervous woman on a street corner carry out a drug deal with a man in a car.Police then tailed the P-reg Mercedes to an address in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, and a decision was taken to apply for a search warrant. two hours later, officers raided a house in Oxford Road, Middlesbrough, where they walked in on a family scene of a couple and two young children. But in the attic they found a bedroom containing a black suitcase which they were told held £2,000 business takings, but the true figure was £5,040 heavily stained with heroin. The attic also gave up £1m worth of heroin with a street value of nearly £2m, the biggest amount discovered in Middlesbrough, and also huge quantities of cocaine and crack cocaine.There were cutting agents used to dilute the drugs, and a vast amount of packaging material, plastic bags, brown paper and scales. Nearby in Ayresome Street - at a disused shop and garage with a flat above - they found a drugs factory with more packaging, cutting agents and a blender coated with heroin.Peter Makepeace, prosecuting, told the jury about the Oxford Road police raid - he said: "They had every reason to believe that they were about to carry out a routine drug search and uncover some low level street dealer."

Raja Arshad,Shazad Majid pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs between December 2006 and July last year.

Raja Arshad, 26, who lived there, and Shazad Majid,29, of Westbourne Grove, North Ormesby, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class ...

Cameron Lee was using heroin and selling it to teenagers

Cameron Lee, 19, was using heroin and selling it to teenagers.In January, an undercover officer bought heroin from Lee in the Clackamas High School parking lot. He was arrested and booked into jail on several charges.But the Clackamas County Jail later cut Lee loose because of overcrowding. Officials said there was no room in the jail and they had to let him out. Lee was released and deputies said he went right back to selling heroin to minors. Students said they never expected to hear about heroin at Clackamas High School until teachers sent out a letter. It warned that a suspected heroin dealer was doing business on campus."Heroin isn't really an entry-level drug, so you don't think of it with high schoolers," Stephanie Stromberg said.On Tuesday, deputies pulled over Lee and arrested him on several charges, including delivering and possessing heroin. Deputies said he was with a girl who he's not allowed to associate. Lee's father did not want to speak on camera, but he said his son started using heroin when he was a freshman at Clackamas High School.He thinks the drug use is out of control in Clackamas, but students at Clackamas High School disagreed. "Everybody I know isn't into drugs at all," said Teal Hand, a Clackamas student. Lee's bail is set at $1 million.

Cameron Lee was using heroin and selling it to teenagers

Cameron Lee, 19, was using heroin and selling it to teenagers.In January, an undercover officer bought heroin from Lee in the Clackamas High...

Juan Rosario guilty of trafficking cocaine over 200 grams

Juan Rosario, 43, of 260 Haverhill Street, Lawrence, guilty of trafficking cocaine over 200 grams. The verdict followed a one-day trial on Wednesday. Essex Assistant District Attorney Michel Hickey said that on April 3, 2007, an Immigration/Customs agent in Puerto Rico had seized a picture which contained a kilo of cocaine in the hollowed out frame.The package had been sent from the Dominican Republic, and had a final destination in Lawrence. That discovery prompted a call to the Essex County Drug Task Force assigned to the office of Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett.On April 4, 2007, investigators attempted to deliver the package to the Lawrence address, but a woman there refused to accept it because she did not know the addressee, Alfredo Ortega.Investigators then telephoned the number that appeared on the package and spoke to a person claiming to be Alfredo Ortega. They made arrangements to deliver the package to him later that day.Surveillance of the Lawrence address was set up, and agents posing as FedEx employees arrived to deliver the package. The defendant, who was driving a gold Camry, was seen driving back and forth on Lowell Street. After he spotted the delivery truck parked in front of the address, Rosario stopped his car and ran to the truck.Police arrested Rosario after he signed for and received the package.

Juan Rosario guilty of trafficking cocaine over 200 grams

Juan Rosario, 43, of 260 Haverhill Street, Lawrence, guilty of trafficking cocaine over 200 grams. The verdict followed a one-day trial on W...

Emery “Popeye” Isenhart had 25 of the capsules in his possession and five additional capsules were in the car

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRAH2OZc0IAOuHglaClNJRtQrSZ00Yoe1koe4yTCDfKTInmYWkVFn-sF8y_sqFA_nvNOnmehyphenhyphenV6qS8hytRFGVzemwKfaFG81diC4p9gcXq1qUBekY3KEjNlng5z_WH_sezDKvn1uEdJ8/s1600-h/pop.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188063706448789666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRAH2OZc0IAOuHglaClNJRtQrSZ00Yoe1koe4yTCDfKTInmYWkVFn-sF8y_sqFA_nvNOnmehyphenhyphenV6qS8hytRFGVzemwKfaFG81diC4p9gcXq1qUBekY3KEjNlng5z_WH_sezDKvn1uEdJ8/s320/pop.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsd8DUveq5flTcaFl4EGVNx4M70dcu6PpIak4dyfwGkgYoTesx6kiGTdzPmLQ-GWn0EnDg-FouHGwMlTV5Cn1fAymoOtL2XA1yp5UxhlHEnB7oBWtYHeLQrKsIPPdNYs8_6ajGfXxELls/s1600-h/pop2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188063710743756978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsd8DUveq5flTcaFl4EGVNx4M70dcu6PpIak4dyfwGkgYoTesx6kiGTdzPmLQ-GWn0EnDg-FouHGwMlTV5Cn1fAymoOtL2XA1yp5UxhlHEnB7oBWtYHeLQrKsIPPdNYs8_6ajGfXxELls/s320/pop2.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a> Christine Pishner, 28, of Elkins. She allowed the troopers to search the vehicles and a K-9 unit was called. Emery “Popeye” Isenhart, 38, of Elkins had 25 of the capsules in his possession and five additional capsules were in the car. Stalnaker said some of the capsules were busted open.Pishner was charged with conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance and Isenhart was charged with possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and transporting a controlled substance over state lines. Police said Isenhart told them he brought the heroin from Maryland. “We have been hearing a lot about the drug,” Stalnaker said. “It is selling for around $40 a capsule. The stuff we got was pretty high quality heroin.” Both Pishner and Isenhart remain in the TVRJ. According to Stalnaker bond was set for Isenhart at a $50,000 cash.

Emery “Popeye” Isenhart had 25 of the capsules in his possession and five additional capsules were in the car

Christine Pishner, 28, of Elkins. She allowed the troopers to search the vehicles and a K-9 unit was called. Emery “Popeye” Isenhart, 38, of...

ocean-going tug 'Abbira' searched after it berthed in the Hampshire port

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xwukLg6h74kkYQ6IMKp_8UzwNmDWGrawQTQR3oAU2OHxVt4TjU3bpmZnyP6F9WmFS-ygRROi9HJQiI9IFAdIrckbJGe-zizMorXG10QYDDN2nryGdKYJVY-K1p_N16ieqslRyU9QgmI/s1600-h/Satellite.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188066523947335874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xwukLg6h74kkYQ6IMKp_8UzwNmDWGrawQTQR3oAU2OHxVt4TjU3bpmZnyP6F9WmFS-ygRROi9HJQiI9IFAdIrckbJGe-zizMorXG10QYDDN2nryGdKYJVY-K1p_N16ieqslRyU9QgmI/s320/Satellite.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a>Three of the foreign suspects arrested on Wednesday were Israeli, two from the Ukraine and four from Serbia.Four people have been arrested in Leicestershire as part of a major cannabis trafficking inquiry, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has announced. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRGV7I7e9StAq9nSwZll3Dfic5U0SYEsGfRIVLf8wraD8bys1mD3imf7YIiOpXy5_nSnqxFmFJaTWbd4z4fcriCoQCOdM64lV-Z6izr5AIm3C2KD79SVbT_8xJTWtS6rwmF0zV8qkza8/s1600-h/Satellite2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188066532537270482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRGV7I7e9StAq9nSwZll3Dfic5U0SYEsGfRIVLf8wraD8bys1mD3imf7YIiOpXy5_nSnqxFmFJaTWbd4z4fcriCoQCOdM64lV-Z6izr5AIm3C2KD79SVbT_8xJTWtS6rwmF0zV8qkza8/s320/Satellite2.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a> The arrests by Leicestershire police were connected to a Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) operation which also saw nine foreign men held in Southampton.Officers raided the ocean-going tug 'Abbira' after it berthed in the Hampshire port. All 13 suspects remain in custody, a Soca spokeswoman said. The 30-metre 'Abbira' is believed to be registered under the Israeli flag. Soca was also working with HM Revenue and Customs, Hampshire police and the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre based in Portugal, which co-ordinates naval operations against narcotics smuggling."The search of a boat believed to have been used for this importation is ongoing but a significant amount of cannabis has been seized," a Soca spokeswoman said.

ocean-going tug 'Abbira' searched after it berthed in the Hampshire port

Three of the foreign suspects arrested on Wednesday were Israeli, two from the Ukraine and four from Serbia.Four people have been arrested i...

Bimal Puri found guilty of one charge of smuggling along with his conspirator Glenn Clark

Bimal Puri, 50, of Otterbourne Gardens, was found guilty of one charge of smuggling along with his conspirator Glenn Clark, 49, of Ramsey Close, Colindale, at Isleworth Crown Court.Two other men, Barry Hearn of Rannock Close, Edgware, and Jose Perdomo, 49, of Moody Road, Peckham, had already pleaded guilty to one charge of smuggling. The court heard how the four paid Mexican drug contacts to hollow out wooden panels in 20 computer desks and fill them with coke. The furniture was then flown into Heathrow, arriving on June 29 last year. The group was discovered when the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) began investigating them.Officers from SOCA watched as the smugglers held a series of meetings.“This was a large and valuable quantity of cocaine, and in my view this was a well-planned enterprise in which each of you played a part.” Judge Hezlett Colgan When the furniture was unloaded x-rays showed it contained cocaine with a street value of more than £1million.Investigators allowed the delivery to go ahead, but followed the furniture as it was driven to an industrial estate in Feltham. Hearn then took the goods to his Edgware lock-up removing 48 packs of coke and storing them in his loft four men were arrested on July 1.Passing sentence Judge Hezlett Colgan said: "This was a large and valuable quantity of cocaine, and in my view this was a well-planned enterprise in which each of you played a part." Puri, Perdomo and Clark were jailed for 15 years while Hearn was given an eight-year sentence.A fifth man, Kevin Hanley, from Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, is still being hunted by police.

Bimal Puri found guilty of one charge of smuggling along with his conspirator Glenn Clark

Bimal Puri, 50, of Otterbourne Gardens, was found guilty of one charge of smuggling along with his conspirator Glenn Clark, 49, of Ramsey Cl...

Melvin Maycock Jr., charged with possession of dangerous drugs with the intent to supply.

Melvin Maycock Jr., 23, was formally charged with possession of dangerous drugs with the intent to supply. The New Hope Drive, Joan’s Heights West resident was found on Monday, April 7, with one pound of marijuana in his car, according to authorities. At the time of his arrest, Maycock Jr. was on bail after he was arraigned on two separate matters.On this latest drug possession charge he entered a not guilty plea. His attorney Dion Smith then made a request for bail. Magistrate Carolita Bethel set a bail hearing for April 23. Maycock was remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison until then. Prosecuting the matter was Inspector Ercell Dorsette.Less than a month ago, Maycock and police officer Troy Lewis, 38, were charged with aiding in the escape of Melvin Maycock Sr. Maycock Sr. was a prisoner at the Elizabeth Estates Police Station when he escaped on February 28. Both men entered a not guilty plea and opted to have the matter heard in the magistrate’s court. Their trial is expected to commence on June 10 in Court No. 10 on Nassau Street. Back in 2004, Maycock Jr. was among 12 men charged after law enforcement authorities cracked a drug smuggling operation that reportedly spanned several countries, including the Bahamas, Canada, Jamaica, Colombia and The U.S.. However, Maycock’s father eluded capture. According to reports, Maycock Sr., the alleged head of a drug gang that smuggled marijuana and cocaine into the U.S. through the Caribbean, had been arrested on an extradition warrant when he was smuggled out of police custody. Two years after he was arraigned in connection with drug trafficking Maycock Jr. was freed on $100,000 bail and is still fighting extradition to the U.S..

Melvin Maycock Jr., charged with possession of dangerous drugs with the intent to supply.

Melvin Maycock Jr., 23, was formally charged with possession of dangerous drugs with the intent to supply. The New Hope Drive, Joan’s Height...