Delfon L. Hare sentenced to 30 years

Delfon L. Hare of Riverdale on Friday, based on his recent and prior drug convictions. Once Hare is released from prison, he must serve 10 years of supervised release.According to a guilty plea in Hare's case, he sold cocaine in Hyattsville and elsewhere in Prince George's County on three occasions in 2006. Prosecutors say law enforcement officers observed all three transactions and recovered the...

Megan Smethurst Protection officers found 2.3 pounds of ecstacy, worth an estimated $10,000, in her purse

Megan Smethurst, 20, was apprehended at the Peace Arch border crossing after an inspection by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found 2.3 pounds of ecstacy, worth an estimated $10,000, in her purse, according to a press release by the Border Protection. Smethurst was a participant in the NEXUS traveler program. NEXUS participants are prescreened, low-risk, frequent border crossers who have...

Raymond Owen had more than 1kg of cocaine, worth more than £55,000, and almost £214,000 cash scattered about his rented house

Raymond Owen had more than 1kg of cocaine, worth more than £55,000, and almost £214,000 cash scattered about his rented house on Grantham Green, Middlesbrough.Bundles of £2,000 to £50,000 were unveiled under boards in the loft, behind a bathroom wash basin, in the cupboard under the stairs, under drawers, behind the cooker and washing machine and even in the vacuum cleaner.The 44-year-old admitted...

Michael Hunt, 30, threw a package containing 24.3g of heroin, worth £2,430 on the streets, out of a window,

Michael Hunt’s home in Haswell Court, Stockton, was searched by police on April 19 last year and Hunt, 30, threw a package containing 24.3g of heroin, worth £2,430 on the streets, out of a window, Teesside Crown Court heard.Digital scales and 11 pieces of paper carrying his phone number were also found, said prosecutor Harry Hadfield.While on bail during long delays bringing the case to court, Hunt,...

Adam D. Meyer,Elizabeth S. Lawyer "It was a heroin deal gone bad,"

Adam D. Meyer, 22, formerly of Dixon, and Elizabeth S. Lawyer, 26, were arrested Thursday in the apartment they share on state Route 84.They are in Winnebago County Jail. Meyer, whom investigators believe is the shooter, is being held on $1.5 million bond; Lawyer, who is accused of providing the gun, is being held on $1 million.According to investigators, the afternoon of May 27, Larry "Chico" D....

Julia Ann Santos,Marisol Sanchez charged with possession of heroin

Marisol Sanchez, 39, of 659 State St., Apt 2B, was charged with possession of heroin with intent to distribute, two counts of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and violation of a drug-free school zone, police documents state. Sanchez also had an outstanding default warrant. Julia Ann Santos, 33, of 102 Waite St., was charged with possession of heroin with intent to distribute, three...

Charles Joseph Campbell Sr.,Cathy Lynn Campbell,Charles Joseph Campbell Jr, family was booked at the Mackinac County Jail

Charles Joseph Campbell Sr., 50, was arrested for possession with intent to deliver marijuana and for maintaining a drug house. He posted $1,000 bond and was released.Cathy Lynn Campbell, 52, was arrested for maintaining a drug house and was released on a personal recognizance bond.Charles Joseph Campbell Jr., 19, was released on a personal recognizance bond after his arrest for possession of marijuana.The...

Antonio T. Mickens charged with trafficking crack cocaine, and possession with intent to deliver cocaine and Ecstasy

Antonio T. Mickens, 22, was charged with trafficking crack cocaine, and possession with intent to deliver cocaine and Ecstasy; while McKenzie C. Rogers, 24, was charged with possession with intent to deliver heroin and marijuana, and resisting arrest, police said.Also, Tyrone L. Carson, 23, was arrested on warrants charging him with armed robbery and assault and battery with intent to kill in connection...

Filiberto Parra Ramos aka "The Bitch", was arrested along with 58 other men

Filiberto Parra Ramos, nicknamed "The Bitch", was arrested along with 58 other men on Saturday (local time) by soldiers who raided a childrens party in a neighbourhood of Tijuana across the United States border from San Diego, California."When they identified him they separated him from the group," a spokesman for the Baja California state police said.Parra Ramos is considered one of top leaders of...

Alice English was found guilty last month by Quebec Court

Alice English, a 55-year-old mother of four and grandmother of 12, who worked as a guard for 16 years, was found guilty last month by Quebec Court Judge Patrick Healy on four counts of trafficking in drugs and one of conspiracy to traffic.Both the Crown and defence had suggested a sentence of 5 1/2 years.Healey's decision gives English 64 months and one week in jail - five years, four months and one...

Filiberto Parra Ramos, nicknamed "The Bitch", was arrested

Filiberto Parra Ramos, nicknamed "The Bitch", was arrested along with 58 other men on Saturday (local time) by soldiers who raided the party in a neighbourhood of Tijuana across the United States border from San Diego, California."When they identified him they separated him from the group," a spokesman for the Baja California state police said.Parra Ramos is considered one of top leaders of the Tijuana...

Michael Dudas pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to conspiracy to import marijuana.

Michael Dudas pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to conspiracy to import marijuana. He is scheduled to be sentenced in September. Dudas, 35, front man of a Canadian rock band faces decades behind bars after admitting he smuggled loads of marijuana is among dozens of people arrested in a two-year...

Transportation Security Administration and a former Delta Air Lines employee assigned to Atlanta's airport have pleaded guilty in federal court

The former Delta employee, 42-year-old Leslie Adgar, and 1 of the former TSA workers, 44-year-old Jon Patton, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to distribute cocaine and heroin.Two former employees of the Transportation Security Administration and a former Delta Air Lines employee assigned to Atlanta's airport have pleaded guilty in federal court to involvement in a drug-smuggling operation.The...

Laura Trevino,Adriana Trevino,Evelia Trevino arrested for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the United States

A woman and her three daughters have been arrested for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the United States in what the port director called a "first."U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Friday that the four Brownsville women were detained late Wednesday night at an international bridge after a dog smelled narcotics on their 2006 Mercedes.The women tried to flee back to Mexico, but were caught....

Christopher Ferraro pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking in commercial quantities of drugs.

Christopher Ferraro, 29, of Doncaster, organised safe houses for the storage of drugs for the syndicate, which called itself The Company. The Supreme Court heard Ferraro's friends from his days at Whitefriars College, Joseph John Mansour and Bart Rizzo, ran the drug business while Mokbel was on the run in Greece. While Mansour and Rizzo allegedly personally received instructions from Mokbel, Ferraro...

Frank Keys Jr. faces up to 40 years in prison after he was found cruising down the highway with more than 200 grams of heroin in a diaper

Frank Keys Jr. faces up to 40 years in prison after he was found cruising down the highway with more than 200 grams of heroin in the diaper he was wearing, federal officials said.Keys told officers he was wearing a diaper and when they asked if there was anything in the diaper, he 'shook his head affirmatively.'Officers then removed a package containing about 257 grams of heroin from the diape...

Wilfredo Abrahante,William Abrahante convicted drug dealing

The U.S. Attorney's Office in New Haven announced Monday that Wilfredo Abrahante, 29, of Graveline Ave., was given ten years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release after court evidence revealed phone conversations from May 2006 in which he set up drug deals at his former residence, 238 South Colony St. in Meriden.His brother William Abrahante, 29, of North Second St., was convicted...

Mahmood Hussain jailed for 14 years ,Michael Hogan jailed for 10 years

Mahmood Hussain, date of birth 21/09/1976, Buckingham Street, Rochdale - jailed for 14 years Michael Hogan, 07/07/1961, Sawyer Street, Rochdale - jailed for 10 years Carl Singleton, 04/03/1975, Great Lee Walk, Rochdale - jailed for 8 years, 6 months, plus 4 months of an unexpired sentence. Gazanfer Hussain, 11/12/1981, Lightwood Road, Normacott, Stoke-on-Trent - jailed for 6 years Bilal Moghal, 06/10/1958,...

Sean Walker is being charged with trafficking crack cocaine over 200 grams, possession with intent to distribute Class “B” substance offense

Sean Walker, 40, of 45 Medford Street was placed under arrest after police, armed with search warrants, conducted a search of Walker and his home. The search yielded several thousand dollars as well as crack cocaine, cocaine, heroin, and marijuana.Police also seized a loaded .25 semi-automatic handgun,...

Do Hyung Lee, Francis Lee; Shaode Cao, and Alice Yang, have all pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring with Hong Viet Luong

Shoade Cao, 21, of Sunnybank, Do Hyung Lee, 27, of Eight Mile Plains, Francis Vui Jan Lee, 25, of Stafford Heights, and Alice Yun Hsuan Yang, 22, pleaded not guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court to conspiring to import narcotics between August and December 2004.The court heard the crew used a similar...

Colby Weymouth arrested on charges of aggravated cultivating of marijuana and possession of heroin

arrested Colby Weymouth, 20, on charges of aggravated cultivating of marijuana and possession of heroin, both Class C felonies.On Friday evening, state troopers and an agent from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency went to an Industry Road home to conduct a probation check on someone living with Weymouth at 50 Industry Road, Casavant said. When they arrived, they detected an odor of green marijuana.A...

Robert Santana Jr was charged with possession of marijuana, distribution of heroin, possession of heroin with intent to distribute

Arrested Robert Santana Jr., 24, who had been watched. When Santana left his house at noontime, police stopped him, seizing $1,270 cash and three cell phones. Santana gave officers a false name, calling himself Luis Feliciano, police said.A search of Santana's apartment turned up 13.2 grams of heroin, three scales, a grinder, utility bills in the name of Luis Feliciano, drug packaging materials and...

David Baez arrested for attempting to sell heroin to an undercover police officer

David Baez, 39, of 48 Saratoga St., Apt. 3, Lawrence, was in court Wednesday to plead innocent to a charge of distribution of heroin in a case involving the Haverhill Police Narcotics Unit, assisted by state police."This has been an example of a series of arrests we've been making where we have been targeting heroin dealers out of Lawrence," Arahovites said.After Baez's release shortly before noon...

Trang Bich Hong,Lam Mong Chinh arrested for heroin smuggling in Vietnam

Vietnam arrested three Australian women after authorities found heroin in the hotel room of two of them and in a packet hidden on the body of the third as she tried to board a plane home, state-controlled media reported Friday (13 June).Early Thursday (12 June), police arrested Trang Bich Hong, 28, and Lam Mong Chinh, 25, after finding heroin in their hotel room, Tien Phong (Pioneer) newspaper said.Late...

Van Quyen Ken Tang charged with possessing and importing commercial quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy

Van Quyen Ken Tang, 41, of Vancouver, appeared in court Thursday charged with possessing and importing commercial quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy. Australian police pegged the value of the haul at $78 million.Australian newspapers report that neither Tang nor three others applied for bail when they appeared in a Melbourne Magistrate's Court. They will be held in custody until their...

Spiros Katos is charged with intent to pervert the course of justice, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and accessory after the fact to coca

Spiros Katos, 50, is charged with intent to pervert the course of justice, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and accessory after the fact to cocaine importation.He is also charged unlawfully assisting Mokbel to flee the jurisdiction while on bail.Katos was remanded in custody and ordered to face court on September 20 for a committal mention. He did not apply for bail.He was charged last...

Andrea Henry,Wayne Walshaw jailed for 12 months at the hearing in Montego Bay.

Andrea Henry, 39, of Ettington Avenue, Park End in Middlesbrough was jailed for six months and her partner Wayne Walshaw, 32, of Saltburn in Cleveland was jailed for 12 months at the hearing in Montego Bay.Charges against Henry's 17-year-old daughter, Toni Bellamy, were dropped and the teenager will...

Nicola Black from Galway city was arrested in the Republic of Suriname

23-year old Nicola Black from Galway city was arrested in the Republic of Suriname two months ago. Two packages of cocaine had allegedly been strapped to Nicola Black's thighs when she was arrested by police in the South American Republic of Suriname over two months ago.She was boarding a plane to Amsterdam at the time. Nicola's been held in prison ever since and her mother Maureen has had no direct...

Middlesbrough woman, her partner and a 17-yerar-old girl have been arrested in Jamaica suspected of attempting to smuggle drugs.

Middlesbrough woman, her partner and a 17-yerar-old girl have been arrested in Jamaica suspected of attempting to smuggle drugs.The three were arrested at the Sangster international airport in Montego Bay on June 8th by the Jamaican authorities.Police claim the two women were caught attempting to smuggle cocaine internally and all three are suspected of swallowing packages of cocaine before boarding...

Park Lane Safe Deposit Ltd raided Milton Woolf,Jacqueline Swann,Leslie Sieff released on police bail

Park Lane Safe Deposit Ltd raided. The raid that closed it down — and two others in Hampstead and Edgware owned by the same people — had been planned for eight months with 300 officers, sniffer dogs and enough firepower to start a small war. The Metropolitan police's assistant commissioner John Yates said it was an "unprecedented operation". Each of the 7,000 boxes would be treated as a potential...

Geovani Nunez , Jorge Hernandez both 13-year veterans of the Miami Police Department, were paid a combined $39,500 by a man

Officer Geovani Nunez and Detective Jorge Hernandez, both 13-year veterans of the Miami Police Department, were paid a combined $39,500 by a man they thought was involved in numerous illegal businesses, prosecutors said. That man, however, was secretly an FBI informant and all of their conversations were taped.U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta said the case was particularly disheartening in a year...

Alfred Porro arrested after it was discovered that cocaine had gone missing from the exhibits

Alfred Porro, 42 years of age, of Governor's Street.The arrest took place after it was discovered that cocaine had gone missing from the exhibits storeroom at New Mole House police headquarters. He was on police bail.Subsequenly, it was reported that cannabis had gone missing from the Irish Town sub-station.Porro has also been charged with theft of a rucksack, a portable play station and games.Police...

Dannie Conners chief of Kendleton’s fire department was arrested after an undercover drug bust

The chief of Kendleton’s fire department was arrested after an undercover drug bust, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.The Fort Bend County Narcotics Task Force had been investigating 43-year-old Dannie Conners because of reports that he was selling crack cocaine. During a raid of Conners’ home, deputies...

Matthew Roberts, arranged drug deliveries of more than £1m to his home town of Maesteg, was handed down a 17-year sentence.

Matthew Roberts, arranged drug deliveries of more than £1m to his home town of Maesteg, was handed down a 17-year sentence.As he jailed the group to a total of 82 years, Judge Christopher Llewellyn-Jones QC told Roberts, 36, and his nine co-conspirators that they were helping to spread a “cancer in society”.He said: “Almost daily in this court I listen to cases involving people whose lives have been...

Superior Court judge has indicated she will decide later this month whether Daniel Twomey can enter a special program for drug-addicted offenders

Superior Court judge has indicated she will decide later this month whether a Bergen County man accused of coaching his toddler granddaughter to steal a Seaside Heights arcade worker's purse can enter a special program for drug-addicted offenders.Judge Barbara Ann Villano said she first wanted to review...

Tran Thi Ngoc Dung possession of 600g or more of heroin is punishable by death

Tran Thi Ngoc Dung, 35, was leaving her hotel in Ho Chi Minh City on her way to a flight home on Sunday when she fell unconscious and was rushed to hospital, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper said. Doctors found she had two condoms full of heroin in her stomach and one of them had burst, the paper said. Ms Dung was still in the hospital but had been put under arrest. It was unclear how much heroin she was...

Mark Standen was charged on Tuesday with conspiracy to import enough pseudoephedrine to manufacture $120 million of the drug methamphetamine

Mark Standen, 51, was charged on Tuesday with conspiracy to import enough pseudoephedrine to manufacture $120 million of the drug methamphetamine, or ice. He also faces a charge of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.The arrest sent shockwaves through the NSW criminal justice community because of Standen's seniority and his three-decade career investigating narcotics and organised crime.In...

Henry T. Nicholas III attorneys said in court Thursday that he has been at a $66,000-a-month Malibu drug rehabilitation center since April.

technology billionaire was a drug fiend who trafficked in cocaine, Ecstasy, and methamphetamine, spiked the drinks of business associates and employees, hired prostitutes for himself and others, and maintained several narcotics dens, including one in an underground lair at his Los Angeles mansion, prosecutors...

Three employees of Entreprises Cara arrested after authorities dismantled an alleged cocaine-importing ring at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport

The Mounties say six of the seven Montreal-area suspects arrested face a total of 17 criminal counts related to importing drugs and conspiracy to import drugs. Three employees of a catering service have been arrested after authorities dismantled an alleged cocaine-importing ring at Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. The three were among seven men who were nabbed Wednesday as...

John Briscoe received a six-year prison sentence at Galway District Court

John Briscoe showed the gardai 52 ecstasy tablets when they entered the house and he told them he had more stashed away upstairs. He took them to his bedroom where he produced a shoe box full of tablets. He told them he was getting paid €1500 to mind the tablets for another person, whom he refused to name.John Briscoe (32), No 1 Mingban, Ballycrissaune, Portumna, received a six-year prison sentence...

Tony Mokbel investigation Police raid three houses at Burnside and Reservoir

Police raided three houses at Burnside and Reservoir about 6am today as part of the Mokbel investigation, codenamed Operation Magnum.The raids were the culmination of a 14-month operation targeting associates who allegedly used proceeds of crime to organise Mokbel's great escape.A man and two women...

James Anthony McCabe Melbourne detective on loan to Australia's top crime-fighting agency has pleaded guilty to stealing drugs from a dealer

James Anthony McCabe, 39, was due to stand trial yesterday on armed robbery and drugs charges in the NSW District Court. But he agreed to plead guilty to a lesser charge of robbery in company, with the drugs charges to be considered only as an aggravating factor when he is sentenced. McCabe, a Victorian police officer on secondment to the National Crime Authority, was charged after a NSW Police Integrity...

Mohammad Asif Pakistani fast bowler has been arrested at Dubai airport on charges of possessing illegal drugs

Mohammad Asif has been arrested at Dubai airport on charges of possessing illegal drugs, cricket officials said Tuesday.The 25-year-old Asif was seized while returning home from India after featuring in a domestic event which ended on Sunday, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials said."Yes, we can...

Tatum O'Neal, who was this week arrested for allegedly buying crack cocaine blamed death of her dog

Tatum O'Neal, who was this week arrested for allegedly buying crack cocaine, said she was tipped over the edge by the death of her dog three weeks ago. O'Neal may face up to a year in jail after being charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance. It was reported she was caught buying crack...

Lamon Glenn Washington,Tammi Mae Chapman jailed for their involvement in a drug conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine

Lamon Glenn Washington, 34, and Tammi Mae Chapman, 20, were sentenced recently to serve 87 months and 32 months, respectively, for their involvement in a drug conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine, prosecutors said. Washington -- also known as "Monte" -- was accused of paying Chapman to bring in the drugs from Seattle on two occasions in the spring of 2006, according to prosecutors. Chapman...

Vicente Esteves arrested on conspiracy and money laundering charges

Vicente Esteves, 35, and his wife, Chantal, 30, masterminded a cocaine smuggling ring from their fortress-like home and amassed a wealth of luxury goods that included dozens of pairs of Prada shoes and around 100 Rolex watches. The two were arrested on conspiracy and money laundering charges after a 14-month investigation, federal and county officials said. The $1 million (£500,000)-a-week operation...

Johnnel Bowens,Sandy Wilcher were charged with possession and distribution of drugs

Johnnel Bowens, 31, and Sandy Wilcher, 41, both of Jersey City, were charged with possession and distribution of drugs, resisting arrest, aggravated assault on a police officer and other charges around 6 p.m. after being caught with 2,000 bags of heroin and more than 1,000 vials of cocaine, reports said.Two cops responding to the tip knocked on the door of an apartment at 177-183 Bergen Ave., where...

Mark Standen an assistant director of criminal investigations with the commission, was arrested this afternoon at his Sydney office

Mark Standen, 51, of Bateau Bay on the NSW Central Coast, an assistant director of criminal investigations with the commission, was arrested this afternoon at his Sydney office by Australian Federal Police (AFP). A 45-year-old Maroota man was also arrested over his alleged involvement in the syndicate...

Tim O’Toole was arrested in Marbella

Tim O’Toole was arrested in Marbella as the gang prepared to transfer the shipment, originally from Venezuela, to speed boats off the coast of Spain. The drugs were destined for all parts of Europe, with millions of pounds worth heading for Britain’s streets. O’Toole – known as the Invisible Man – masterminded the huge transport operation. Last night a British customs source said: “O’Toole was a major...