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Filipinos to die for drug smuggling

gulfnews : Filipinos to die for drug smuggling: "China's highest court has upheld death sentences for three Filipinos sentenced for drug smuggling, but it handed down a reprieve in two other cases involving their compatriots, it was reported in Manila. The Department of Foreign Affairs, in a report received February 11, said that the Supreme People's Court (SPC) in Beijing had reviewed and rendered its decision on five cases of Filipinos sentenced to death by courts in the provinces of Fujian and Guangdong for drug trafficking." :Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.

Bloods gang members Carnell Walker, 25, of Flanders and John Gayles, 25, of Riverhead 'cooked, packaged and distributed for sale an estimated $20,000 worth of crack cocaine every week

Bloods gang members Carnell Walker, 25, of Flanders and John Gayles, 25, of Riverhead 'cooked, packaged and distributed for sale an estimated $20,000 worth of crack cocaine every week,' DA Spota said, noting that both suspects were under parole supervision for past drug convictions. Walker, also known as 'Smell,' has two felony convictions; John Gayles, also known as 'Guns,' has 11 felony convictions, the most recent in 2008. Arraigned before County Judge Martin Efman in Riverhead, Walker pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, criminal sale and criminal possession felony charges. Bail for Walker was set at $250,000 cash. Gayles pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal use of drug paraphernalia and criminal possession of a forged instrument charges and is being held in lieu of $250,000 cash bail." DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the ori...

Harwich: Cannabis smuggling quartet found guilty

Barry Haydon and Ivan Marshall from Eynsham were part of a gang that imported tonnes of the substance into the UK between 2009 and 2010, Isleworth Crown Court heard during the three-week trial. Dutch national Michel Sempel was also convicted as was his brother Nicolaas, who failed to attend the trial. Police began investigating the quartet after the UK Border Agency discovered approximately 645 kilos of cannabis concealed in a consignment of used clothing from Holland in March 2010. Described as “major players” in the drug smuggling industry, the Sempel brothers were arrested on 26 March 2010 when they arrived to collect the load from a freight agent in Hounslow, west London. The pair used a van hired by Marshall with Haydon named as the driver." DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.

Iran hangs dozens of drug peddlers

Iran hangs dozens of drug peddlers: "The Iranian government has hanged dozens of drug traffickers in the first month of 2011 and vowed to pursue its anti-drug trafficking campaign. The latest one to be hanged was an Iranian-Dutch woman. On Saturday, Iran hanged the Iranian-Dutch woman identified as Zahra Bahrami for smuggling drugs into Iran, keeping and selling them in the country. Bahrami was charged with 'keeping and selling drugs,' Xinhua quoted the Tehran prosecutor's office as saying Sunday. 'The convicted woman was a member of an international gang engaged in drug transits,' said the prosecutor, adding she smuggled drugs twice into Iran and distributed cocaine inside the country via Dutch connections, said the judiciary official." DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.

With the book Mr Nice out on DVD this week Music-News.com caught up with Howard Marks to find out more. See the full interview uncut in 2 parts below

Howard Mark’s has been creating waves for some years now. His tales of drug smuggling have become the stuff of legend. During the mid 1980s, Howard Marks had forty-three aliases, eighty-nine phone lines, and twenty five companies trading throughout the world. Bars, recording studios, offshore banks: all were money-laundering vehicles serving the core activity: dope dealing. Marks began to deal during a postgraduate philosophy course at Oxford and was soon moving large quantities of hashish into Europe and America in the equipment of touring rock bands. The academic life began to lose its allure. At the height of his career, he was smuggling consignments of up to thirty tons from Pakistan and Thailand to America and Canada and had contact with organisations as diverse as the CIA, MI6, the IRA, and the Mafia. After many years and a world-wide operation by the Drug Enforcement Agency, he was busted and sentenced to twenty five years in prison at the United States Federal Peniten...

Drug-smuggling businessman paroled

Drug-smuggling businessman paroled: "Sydney Lallouz, 62, was sentenced in September 2006 to a 6 ½-year prison term after pleading guilty to buying the hashish in Pakistan and making arrangements to have it shipped to Montreal. The problem with his plan was that the RCMP were aware of it almost from the start. After Lallouz and his associates had trouble finding a ship with a captain willing to pick up the hashish in international waters, the Mounties supplied a vessel themselves - complete with undercover officers. Lallouz, an associate of the West End Gang who regularly drove around in a Porsche and a Jaguar before his arrest, informed the parole board that he acted as a broker in the deal because of financial woes and a gambling problem. He owes Revenue Quebec and Revenue Canada about $50 million in total. Because he had not been granted parole previously, Lallouz automatically qualified to be let go when he reached his statutory release date, which arrived roughly at the ...

Jóna Denný Sveinsdóttir, has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison in Peru for drug smuggling.

"Jóna Denný Sveinsdóttir, has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison in Peru for drug smuggling. Sveinsdóttir, who was born in 1972 and has five children, was arrested upon arrival to the Jorge-Chavez Airport in Lima in March 2010 with more than two kilos of cocaine inside her clothes. She was on her way to Norway after having spent two weeks in Peru, ruv.is reports. Since her arrest, Sveinsdóttir has been in custody in the Chorrillos detention facility for women in Lima. In a news story from AFP in December, it was revealed that she had participated in a cooking contest along with 24 other inmates from various countries, who are all serving sentences for drug smuggling. Sveinsdóttir’s brother told RÚV that they are hoping that she only has to serve two and a half years of her sentence. Her family has been able to contact her through email and she says that the conditions at the prison are all right." :Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not cl...

Iceland Review Online: Daily News from Iceland, Current Affairs, Business, Politics, Sports, Culture

Iceland Review Online: Daily News from Iceland, Current Affairs, Business, Politics, Sports, Culture : "Jóna Denný Sveinsdóttir, has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison in Peru for drug smuggling. Sveinsdóttir, who was born in 1972 and has five children, was arrested upon arrival to the Jorge-Chavez Airport in Lima in March 2010 with more than two kilos of cocaine inside her clothes. She was on her way to Norway after having spent two weeks in Peru, ruv.is reports. Since her arrest, Sveinsdóttir has been in custody in the Chorrillos detention facility for women in Lima. In a news story from AFP in December, it was revealed that she had participated in a cooking contest along with 24 other inmates from various countries, who are all serving sentences for drug smuggling. Sveinsdóttir’s brother told RÚV that they are hoping that she only has to serve two and a half years of her sentence. Her family has been able to contact her through email and she says that the conditio...

13 arrested in drugs raids - Wales News

13 arrested in drugs raids - Wales News - News - WalesOnline: "Thirteen people were arrested this morning when police carried out a series of co-ordinated dawn raids. Officers swooped on addresses in North Wales, Lancashire, Merseyside and Cumbria as part of an investigation into organised crime gangs and drug dealing. More than 120 officers from Lancashire Constabulary and other North West police forces working on TITAN – a regional unit set up to help tackle serious organised crime – executed the warrants. Warrants were carried out at 17 addresses across the region – 11 in Lancashire, three in Merseyside, two in Cumbria and one in North Wales. The operation began at around 6am when officers, including operational support units and the dog section with drug sniffer dogs, swooped on the target addresses." DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.

Arrest made in Bellagio Casino robbery

Arrest made in Bellagio Casino robbery - KTNV ABC,Channel 13,Las Vegas,Nevada,News,Weather,Sports,Entertainment,KTNV.com,Action News .:.: "Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has announced the arrest of a man who is believed to be behind the robbery at the Bellagio Hotel-Casino. Anthony Carleo was busted late Wednesday night. He's facing robbery, weapons and drug charges. Police believe he's the man seen on surveillance tape running out of the casino following the December 14 heist of one and a half million dollars worth of chips. No other arrests have been made but police say the investigation is ongoing. Carleo is alleged to have escaped within minutes from the casino with over $1.5 million in gambling chips in December, while wearing a full-face motorcycle helmet. This robbery led Bellagio owner MGM Resorts International to discontinue its standard chip valued at $25,000 and calling for all gamblers holding the chips to redeem them by April 22. Carleo...

Drug Dealer Caught in the Act 3 Arrests | Pattaya Daily News - Pattaya Newspaper, Powerful news at your fingertips

Drug Dealer Caught in the Act 3 Arrests | Pattaya Daily News - Pattaya Newspaper, Powerful news at your fingertips : "Banglamung 1st January 2011 [PDN] . At 21.30 Police General Somnuek Janket, Police Station Banglamung, along with a troop of investigating officials of Chonburi, announced the arrest of Mr. Surasak Pakrueg ( nickname: Krueg ) age 21, residing at 50/1Moo 2 Banglamung Chonburi with 10 pills of yaba; Mr.Shuchat Tuamthong ( nickname: Mike ) age 33, resididing at 98 Moo 1 Dtakiendtia Banglamung Chonburi with 30 pills of yaba, and Mr. Chachanan Sbaibaang ( nickname: Knot ) age 25, residing at 96.16 Moo 2 Stakiendtia Banglamung Chonburi with 40 grams ice, a .38 gun and 22 bullets." DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.

Police seize drugs, guns, cash in bust - NovaScotia

Police seize drugs, guns, cash in bust - NovaScotia - TheChronicleHerald.ca : "Six kilograms of cocaine and nearly two kilograms of marijuana are off the streets of Cumberland County. Overnight Tuesday, about 50 police officers descended on Springhill, Amherst, Joggins, River Hebert and Minudie, arresting nine people on charges of drug trafficking. Four of them were also charged with conspiracy to commit trafficking. 'We have been busy,' Dean Ruddick, acting chief of the Springhill Police Service, said Wednesday. 'When we’re talking about those quantities, it’s going to have a major impact on the drug trade of Cumberland County.' The arrests occurred simultaneously to avoid tipping off the suspects. Also seized during the raids were 20 firearms, five vehicles and an undisclosed amount of money. Four of those arrested will appear today in Amherst provincial court. The remaining five will appear in court at a later date." DISCLAIMER:Text may be sub...

Drug sweep nets 13 arrests

Drug sweep nets 13 arrests | jacksonsun.com | The Jackson Sun : "Most of the cases involve the sale of crack cocaine, but some also include the sale of pills and marijuana, according to a news release from the West Tennessee Drug Task Force. Agencies throughout the area were involved in the investigation, which thus far has led to 13 arrests, said Gibson County Sheriff Chuck Arnold. Among those set to be arraigned in court today are: Quasandra Campbell, 20, of Humboldt; Charlie Huddleston, 33, Trenton; Antonio Dance, 33, Humboldt; Brewston Cole, 23, Humboldt; Christy Dodd, 39, Humboldt; Zachary Currie, 32, Humboldt; Eddie Jones, 30, Humboldt; Melvin Lewis, 40, Humboldt; Sinatra Luster, 34, Humboldt; Joey Godwin, 38, Dyer; Michael A. Jones, 35, Humboldt; Natasha Davis, 20, Humboldt; and Tamika Cook, 29, Humboldt." DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.

police arrest 3, seize $8m in cocaine, cash in record bust

R.I. police arrest 3, seize $8m in cocaine, cash in record bust - The Boston Globe : "Rhode Island authorities investigating large drug shipments from the West Coast seized nearly $8 million in cash and cocaine and arrested three men in what police said yesterday was believed to be the largest drug bust in state history. The three men — two from California and one from Utah — are being held without bail at the state prison, authorities said. They were arrested following a monthslong investigation into shipments of drugs into Rhode Island, and State Police say they used a tractor-trailer and tow truck to transport the cocaine. The arrested men were identified as: Adilson Antonio Reyes, 29, of South Ogden, Utah; Rodrigo Armando Saucedo, 31, of Hacienda Heights, Calif., and Andrew Rios, of Downey, Calif." DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.

Sixteen arrests after Coventry drug dealing crackdown

Sixteen arrests after Coventry drug dealing crackdown - Coventry News - News - Coventry Telegraph : "POLICE have arrested 16 people as part of a crackdown on street-level drug dealing in the south of Coventry. Homes in Willenhall, Binley, Tile Hill and Canley were raided as part of the week-long operation last week. As a result 16 people were arrested during the week for offences, including possession of Class A and B with intent to supply and suspension of theft of medication. Others were arrested for failing to attend a mandatory drugs test, cultivation of cannabis and abstracting electricity. Wanted individuals were also arrested – among them a man wanted on suspicion of rape and grievous bodily harm." DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.

Arrests in Drug Dealing, Trafficking Case

Arrests in Drug Dealing, Trafficking Case - Santa Barbara Edhat : "The arrest was the culmination of a three month long investigation. During the investigation, it was determined that the suspect, Douglas CICILEO (DOB 1/16/86), was wanted for a felony warrant out of Santa Barbara Superior Court for theft related charges. Additionally, narcotics detectives had a search warrant for Cicileo, his residences and vehicles. Prior to the initial contact in the 6800 block of Hollister Avenue, it appeared that Cicileo was discarding dangerous drugs onto the public roadway. Once contacted by detectives on Hollister Avenue, Cicileo fled in his vehicle and attempted to run the detectives over. A pursuit was initiated which led detectives onto the 101 Freeway. Cicileo purposely crashed his vehicle off the 101 Freeway just south of Fairview Avenue. Cicileo and his two passengers fled on foot into Old Town Goleta. With the assistance of Goleta Patrol Deputies and numerous concerned citizens, ...

Police arrest 62 in drug raids

Police arrest 62 in drug raids - Mywesttexas.com: Top Stories : "Midland police and seven other local, state and federal agencies arrested 62 people Wednesday morning in the culmination of a six-month drug investigation centered in Midland County. The majority of arrests made by 137 law enforcement officers were for people indicted by a federal grand jury Jan. 26 but were not served until the final round-up. Authorities said the weather wasn’t the overwhelming factor for the early morning raids, but explained it did play a part because chances were high the individuals would be indoors and not moving about during the early morning raids." :Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.