Tuesday, 23 December 2008

Khan Mohammed gets life in prison

Heroin dealer Khan Mohammed on Monday received two life sentences running concurrently from U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.In addition to selling drugs, federal prosecutors said Mohammed also was an arms trafficker who targeted Afghans and U.S. personnel in Afghanistan. He was held as an enemy combatant before he agreed in 2006 to face trial in the United States.A federal jury found Khan guilty of securing heroin and opium that he knew were bound for the United States and, in doing so, assisting terrorism activity.His conviction on narco-terrorism charges in May was the first under new narco-terrorism laws, the Justice Department said.

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