Don Omar

Don Omar faces mixed fortunes in 2008 now faces a court appearance. Omar has learned he’ll have to make an appearance before the Puerto Rican Supreme Court, where he’ll face alleged drug and firearm possession charges. He was arrested on 7 September, 2004, by drug-enforcement officers in Carolina, Puerto Rico, after they found him and two pals smoking marijuana. The agents also found a gun in his possession. A court date has yet to be set.

Russel Collins

Russel Collins hit a man in the face during an argument at a house in Millner.
The 45-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious head injuries. He slipped into a coma and died yesterday morning.
Detective senior sergeant Scott Pollock says police are looking for the 21-year-old, who could have travelled interstate.
"They're keen to apprehend him and if necessary charge him whilst he's at large," he said.
"We don't believe Mr Collins is dangerous, we believe alcohol was a contributing factor in this incident and we will not be releasing the name of the deceased for cultural reasons."

Drug Detector Dog Monty

Drug Detector Dog Monty reacted positively to baggage belonging to two women aged 45 and 37. A search of the 45-year-old woman’s luggage located a baby wipes container and Christmas paper wrapped box as containing cannabis. Five clip seal bags containing cannabis plant material weighing approximately 92 grams was located.
A search of the 37-year-old woman’s luggage located three wrapped Christmas presents. Each of the presents was found to contain an ounce size clip seal bag containing cannabis. The packages were heavily laced with curry powder and chilli powder in an attempt to mask the cannabis smell. Total weight of the cannabis plant material was 89.02 grams.
Both women were arrested and conveyed to the Darwin Watch House. The 45-year-old woman was later charged with possess cannabis (trafficable quantity) and supply Schedule 2 Dangerous Drug.
The 37-year-old woman was charged with possess cannabis (trafficable quantity) and supply cannabis (trafficable quantity). Both women were bailed to appear at the Alyangula Court on 15 January 2008.
On Saturday 22 December Drug Detector Dog Monty reacted positively to luggage belonging to a 31-year-old man. A search revealed two packages wrapped in packing tape concealed in a pair of socks

cultivating a prohibited plant

Adelaide River police along with members of the Drug Enforcement Section, Dog Operations Unit and police Batchelor and Pine Creek executed a search warrant at a residence on Ringwood Road, Adelaide River this morning.
During the search members located a two-room donga with two large cannabis plants, approximately 180 cm tall with an approximate total weight of 10 kilograms, being grown under hydroponic conditions.
Also located in the main residence was 500 grams of dried cannabis in plastic bags. Members seized the cannabis and items used in the production of hydroponic cultivation.
Two men were arrested and the 50-year-old property owner has been charged with cultivate a prohibited plant – cannabis, possess cannabis (trafficable quantity) and possess cannabis (commercial quantity). He was bailed to appear in the Darwin Magistrate’s on 14 January 2008. A First Drug House notice will be issued.
A 39-year-old man was issued with a Drug Infringement Notice.

One of the Victotias biggest ever drug busts.

Police arrested the 33-year-old Ivanhoe man at a property at Northcote, in Melbourne's north-east early yesterday morning.Police were called to the scene after a passer-by reported an alarm and loud noises coming from the house.The arrest led to a raid at another property in nearby Ivanhoe, where police claim to have found enough chemicals to produce around 25kg of the drug ice, estimated to be worth around $7 million.The man has been charged with several offences including trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs and possessing precursor chemicals.
He will face the Melbourne Magistrates Court today.

Dion Ward

A man is being held without bail after state police say a routine traffic stop led to a cocaine and marijuana bust of more than $100000 Saturday. State police say a trooper stopped 29-year-old Dion Ward's vehicle

Willie Mays Aikens

Aikens 20 years for possession of 64 grams of crack To receive an equivalent sentence, he would have had to possess nearly 6 1/2 kilos more than 14 pounds of powder cocaine.a longstanding addiction to cocaine ended his baseball career and ultimately led to a 20-year sentence for selling crack cocaine to an undercover officer. But Willie's story is also a tragic one because it illustrates the unjust sentencing and racial disparities between crack and powder cocaine. After being convicted of attempting to purchase cocaine in 1983, Willie was ultimately suspended from playing major league baseball in the United States. He returned to Kansas City, after playing ball in Mexico, but continued to battle his addiction, which was quickly ruining his personal life as it had done his baseball career.

"You can supply a whole neighborhood with 6 1/2 kilos," Aikens said by telephone from prison, where he is in the 13th year of his sentence.
Activists, lawyers and many federal judges say cases such as Aikens' demonstrate the inequity of cocaine sentencing laws and validate the U.S. Sentencing Commission's recent decision to ease prison time guidelines for crack offenders. The new guidelines will apply retroactively to about 19,500 inmates.
Within hours of the decision, Aikens said he was on the telephone with his lawyers, asking them to request a sentence reduction. They calculated that the new guidelines could shave nearly 2 1/2 years off his sentence.
"The disparity, as far as I'm concerned, is totally wrong," said Aikens, a nonviolent offender. "This took me away from my family. My girls were 4 and 5 years old when I was sentenced. Now they're 18 and 19."
Commissioners said it was highly unlikely that judges would free inmates with a violent past

Gerald Joseph Youngblood,Raymond Castillo Jr

Gerald Joseph Youngblood, 27, more recently of Dunkirk, is charged in Jay Circuit Court with dealing in cocaine, maintaining a common nuisance and two counts each of dealing in a controlled substance and dealing in marijuana

He has been accused of engaging in drug transactions with an agent of the Tri-County Drug Task Force in Jay County.
The cocaine count is a Class A felony carrying a standard 30-year prison term, while the more serious of the controlled substance charges is a Class B felony with a standard 10-year sentence.
In November, Youngblood struck a deal with prosecutors that called for him to plead guilty to the class B felony and a dealing-in-marijuana charge, a misdemeanor.
Judge Brian Hutchison tentatively set a sentencing hearing for Jan. 11.
More recently, however, public defender Max C. Ludy Jr. asked that his client's case instead be set for trial.
According to court records, Youngblood has convictions, all in Delaware County courts, for criminal conversion (four counts in 2001), intimidation (2004) and possession of methamphetamine (2005). He was most recently released from prison in March 2006. Portland man has pleaded guilty to selling prescription medication to an undercover police informant.
Raymond Castillo Jr., 30, pleaded guilty to one of three counts of dealing in a controlled substance, a Class B felony, pending against him.
He is scheduled to be sentenced by Hutchison on Friday.
Castillo was convicted of battery resulting in bodily injury in Jay Superior Court last February and received a suspended sentence. A hearing on allegations he violated his probation in that case is set for Feb. 12.
He had been convicted in the same court of battery in August 2004 and possession of marijuana in July 1999.

Schapelle Corby

Schapelle Corby has been denied a Christmas reductionin her sentence.Jail officials told Corby she had been denied a reduction of up to two months in her sentence as she waited yesterday for a visit from family members, including her mother Rosleigh Rose and sister Mercedes.
Restricting visits will be a harsh additional punishment for the
Australians, including six young drug mules facing execution.
Mr Djaja denied that Corby and jail guards had been sharing
money paid for visits by tourists. He said the new rules wouldapply only to Australian prisoners.The news was better yesterday for Renae Lawrence, the only female member of the Bali nine drug ring that tried to smuggle 8.2
kilograms of heroin into Australia in 2005.Mr Djaja said he had recommended to officials in Jakarta that Lawrence’s 20-year sentence be cut.Mr Djaja said Corby was not among 81 prisoners recommended for a sentence reduction to mark yesterday’s religious holiday in Indonesia because she had been caught with a mobile phone this
year.She also missed out on a sentence reduction marking Indonesia’s Independence Day in August.

16-year-old student to sell drugs

A Nepalese prison guard was found lying on the floor of the guards post with a bullet wound in his chest earlier in the month. Police reported he had been working at the prison since March where he had been doing a 10 week internship..Authorities also reported a rise in the number of triads and gangs of young thugs in Guangdong, a Mainland province which borders Macau and Hong Kong. In Macau, an illegal drug ring, which allegedly instructed a 16-year-old student to sell drugs at school was apprehended by the Judiciary Police (PJ), resulting in the arrest of three locals including the teenager. the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) showed that there still exist large holes in Macau's anti-money laundering and terrorism prevention measures.

Air Canada employee

Air Canada employee is at the centre of an international investigation after authorities at Vancouver International Airport seized a large quantity of cocaine before Christmas.
Paula Shore of the Canada Border Services Agency said officers seized 61.5 kilograms of the drug on Dec. 23.
Air Canada spokesman John Reber confirmed that an airline employee has been suspended pending the results of the probe.
The drugs were found in unaccompanied suitcases, the RCMP source said, adding the people behind the shipment had "inside help."
Police would not say if the bust is connected to two previous seizures at Vancouver airport where cocaine was found in suitcases that arrived on flights from Mexico this year and last year.

Mark Bronson

Mark Bronson, 44,Mr Bronson, who was born in Colorado, graduated from the Stanford Law School in 1989. He had been the editor of the prestigious university's Stanford Environmental Law Journal.
For the past seven years Mr Bronson worked with the prominent international corporate law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates.
A pioneer in his field, Mark developed many of the financing and investment structures commonly used in Japan today and frequently was asked to lecture on securitization, remedies and investments in Japanese companies holding real estate. For several years, Mark has ranked in the top tier of many prominent legal directories for his real estate and capital markets expertise.
Mark also gave back to the Tokyo community, serving on the board of directors for the Tokyo English Life Line, a nonprofit organization focused on suicide prevention, and as the chairman of the Real Estate Finance Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Jap
He was a partner in the firm’s Tokyo office, Law.com reports. Bronson had a seizure and vomited as he was speaking with customs officers at the Brisbane airport. He died hours later at a hospital.was stopped by customs officials after a drug-sniffing dog took an interest in him.
The officials scanned his baggage, and his luggage tested positive for cocaine, though preliminary tests can be inaccurate. Then while talking with the customs officers,Mark Bronson had a seizure, fell to the floor and began vomiting. He died later that day in the hospital.
According to the Courier-Mail, the cause of death has not been determined, and a scan showed that he wasn't carrying drugs in his body. However, the news article says his vomit allegedly tested positive for cocaine, and he may have thrown up pieces of plastic as well.

No drugs were found on Mark Bronson’s body. Sources claimed the vomit initially tested positive for cocaine, although such early tests are not always accurate. Officials had also scanned Bronson’s luggage after the drug dog alerted, and the early test also was positive, the sources alleged.
The cause of death was under investigation. Bronson developed many real estate financing and investment methods used in Japan.

Shaikh Talal

Shaikh Talal, was sentenced last December by the lower criminal court to death - a first in the history of the state.
The Appeals Court also confirmed life sentences imposed on three accomplices - an undocumented person, a Bangladeshi and an Indian.
Two others, a Lebanese and an Iraqi, were sentenced to seven years in jail each. They were accused along with Shaikh Talal of money laundering.
The death sentence must be confirmed by the Court of Cassation and then signed by the ruler before the defendant can be executed by hanging.

Brij Bhushan, Akhil Bansal

Sentenced the son to 30 years in prison, while the case against the Agra doctor has stalled.
Akhil Bansal, Brij Bhushan's son, created and operated a network that smuggled 11 million prescription pills from India and distributed them to 60,000 Americans.
"You distributed poison throughout the country," the US judge pronouncing the sentence said on Friday.
All Brij Bhushan's neighbours in upscale Kamla Nagar locality remember is that until his sudden arrest by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), post, telegraph and courier company vehicles would arrive every evening to pick up parcels from his palatial house.Akhil Bansal was studying for his MBA degree at Templeton University, US, while helping his father run the racket. He had purchased an expensive flat in Philadelphia, four cars and his offshore bank balance was around $6 million at the time of arrest.
Others arrested were Akhil's fiancée, Brij Bhushan's daughter, son-in-law and father-in-law, all of whom are in jail.

Indian man identified as J.M

A man given a four-year jail sentence has appealed the verdict, with his lawyer arguing that the drugs found on his client were "tampered with".
The 37-year-old Indian man identified as J.M., was charged with smuggling and possessing 0.15 grams of marijuana and 0.29 grams of hashish for personal use.
His lawyer, Saif Al Mutawaa, said the seized drugs were tampered with.
Records said officers said they seized 0.4 grams of hashish at the airport, meanwhile the criminal laboratory report said it weighed 0.29 grams.
"We suspect that someone tampered with this significant piece of evidence. Drug enforcement officers said they seized 'one piece' of the drug, while the criminal laboratory report says 'pieces'," said Al Mutawaa.

Yutaka Arai

A self-employed man has been indicted for attempting to smuggle marijuana by putting the drugs in more than 100 separate bags and swallowing them, law enforcers said.
Yutaka Arai, 36, a resident of Hachioji, western Tokyo, stands accused of violating the Cannabis Control Law.
Arai put 297.31 grams of marijuana, with a street value of 2.35 million yen, into 120 small bags and swallowed them before arriving at Narita Airport from Bangkok International Airport on Dec. 8 in an unsuccessful bid to smuggle them into Japan, prosecutors said.

Dean Stewart : "Stewart's prosthetic legs were removed and X-rayed at Kennedy's medical facility," where cocaine was found in the limbs.

wheelchair-bound Dean Stewart was, who wears two prosthetic legs, stopped at JFK Airport for a routine search when the drugs were discovered.
Stewart aroused suspicion in a number of ways. He had claimed he couldn't remove the legs, and the feds noticed his ticket "had been purchased in cash three days earlier" and as well as other brief visits to the U.S. Other tip-offs: The "cousin" Stewart was supposedly visiting didn't check out and Stewart's statement that his rehab center bought his plane ticket was found to be false after the travel agency said Stewart bought the ticket himself. Then "Stewart's prosthetic legs were removed and X-rayed at Kennedy's medical facility," where cocaine was found in the limbs.

Budimir Kuyovitch

Serbian drug boss Budimir Kujovic was transported under closed guard to the building of the District Police Directorate in the town of Stara Zagora. Kujovic is under the escort of six heavily armed police officers.
Bulgarian customs officers at the Kapitan Andreevo border check point with Turkey seized 60 kilograms of heroin on Sunday.
During a special operation officials found 116 packages of the drug, hidden in a secret compartment in the floor of a car, driven by a 41-year-old Bulgarian national.
The other three passengers, among them a 30-year-old woman and a customs official, were all arrested together with the driver.
According to the police, the customs officer, traveling in the car, was taking care of the unimpeded border crossing of the traffickers.
Serbian national Budimir Kuyovitch, who is the alleged boss of the group, was also arrested in the southeastern town of Stara Zagora.
Experts said that the heroin was supposed to reach Western Europe.

capsule swallowers

Dutch police confirmed close ties between Nigerian email scammers and drug smugglers from the Dutch Antilles
Drugs traffickers from Latin America have been using the Caribbean island group as a transit point from Colombia. Up to 25,000 drugs smugglers are believed to take this transatlantic route every year. They are known as bolletjesslikkers (capsule swallowers) as they swallow tiny drug capsules to hide the drugs from customs at Amsterdam Airport.
Many drugs and legal experts have urged police to focus on drug lords rather than arrest the petty criminals who smuggle the drugs. Those drug lords may well be Nigerians and Colombians, Dutch police now say. Money taken from victims in e mail scams is used to finance narcotics smuggling, the Unusual Transactions Reporting Centre of the Netherlands believes. In 2001 alone more than 900 Nigerians applied for a Dutch visa from the Antilles.
Wednesday’s crackdown dealt a heavy blow to advance fee fraud in the Netherlands. Last year a Dutch court sentenced five African email swindlers to between 300 days and 4.5 years, after a Swiss lecturer forked over 482,000 dollars on the promise of a $9 million return. The 52 people arrested Wednesday could face similar sentences.
Now that Amsterdam is no longer a safe haven for Nigerian scammers, experts believe they may pack up their bags and head out elsewhere. The Reg already noticed some changes in the daily floods of congratulatory letters enticing consumers to buy chances in high-stakes lotteries. Until recently, most of these letters originated from Amsterdam. These days most letters are sent through Telefonica from Madrid, Spain.

John T Foley member of the State Police

John T Foley, age 62, of Highland Avenue in Saugus, Massachusetts charging him with distribution of cocaine. Foley is assigned to the Revere State Police Barracks and has been a member of the State Police since October, 1971.
United States Attorney Michael Sullivan said, "The allegations against Mr. Foley are an affront to every decent, honest member of the Massachusetts State Police, who serve the public’s interest and do their jobs with dedication and integrity. I would like to acknowledge the commitment and cooperation of the Massachusetts State Police and Colonel Delaney in this investigation. All of us in law enforcement are committed to investigating and expending the resources necessary to prosecuting corruption wherever we find it."If convicted Foley faces up to 20 years in jail, a $1,000,000 fine, three years of supervised release and a $100 special assessment.

Wilber Alirio Varela-Fajardo, Julio César López-Pena

Wilber Alirio Varela-Fajardo
Wilber Alirio Varela-Fajardo is one of the top echelon members of the North Valle Cartel. Varela-Fajardo is known as a "point man" by the other leaders of the Cartel to direct trafficking and enforcement operations. He is also well-known throughout Colombia as an enforcer and the leader of a "hit man squad." Varela-Fajardo determines how much each North Valle Cartel leader contributes for the target assassination of rival traffickers and suspected informants. Varela-Fajardo’s drug trafficking activities are integral to the North Valle Cartel which exports multi-ton loads of cocaine primarily from Colombia’s Pacific Coast to the United States and Europe.
Julio César López-Pena worked closely with Norte Valle Cartel leader Wilmer Alioro Varela, participated in the shipment of multi-ton quantities of cocaine, worth an estimated $100 million dollars, to the United States between 1998 and 2003. Specifically, useing maritime routes through the Caribbean and Mexico, sending his drugs on speed boats that each carried as much as 1,600 kilograms of cocaine. In December 2001, for example, the defendant sent a load of approximately 1,600 kilograms of cocaine to Houston, Texas, where it was divided up; 600 kilograms were taken by vehicle to Manhattan for distribution. On separate occasions in 2002, LOPEZ-PENA organized the trafficking of two loads of cocaine -- 1,200 and 1,600 kilograms -- through territory in Colombia then controlled by the Colombian right-wing paramilitary group, Autodefenses Unidas de Colombia ("AUC"). Lopez-Pena paid a high-ranking AUC member $310 dollars per kilogram to handle and transport the cocaine through the AUC territory to the Atlantic Ocean. In May 2003, the Colombian Marines seized 4,000 kilograms of cocaine in the coastal region of Nanguma, Colombia, of which approximately 1,600 kilograms belonged to Lopez-Pena.found guilty of conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States. The offense carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment

Hussein Karimi Rikabadi : Extradition

Hussein Karimi Rikabadi ran an international drug conglomerate suspected of distributing heroin in the Middle East, Western Europe and North America," said DEA Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. "His organization moved hundreds of millions of dollars worth of heroin from Pakistan and Afghanistan through Iran and Turkey. Now this globetrotter's journeys have taken a detour to a courtroom in the Southern District of New York where he will face American justice."
According to the Indictment filed in Manhattan federal court: Since 1998, KARIMI led an international heroin trafficking organization (the "Rikabadi Organization") responsible for the worldwide distribution of thousands of kilograms of Southwest Asian heroin. The Rikabadi Organization purchased heroin from suppliers in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and arranged for the heroin to be transported through various countries including Iran and Turkey. The Rikabadi Organization’s heroin was imported into the United States, Canada, and Western European countries and sold for hundreds of millions of dollars. KARIMI controlled the heroin-trafficking activities of his organization from locations in Romania. KARIMI was arrested in March 2007 while attempting to cross from Austria to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Michael Ray Williams, David Paul Fain, Anna Marie Patterson

Michael Ray Williams, 48, of 19259 Runway St., Athens, second-degree possession of marijuana.
David Paul Fain, 20, of 17036 Lukers Way, Athens, possession of a controlled substance, first-degree possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia
Anna Marie Patterson, 25, of 17036 Lukers Way, Athens, possession of a controlled substance, first-degree possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Shamar Franklyn Ross

Shamar Franklyn Ross, 29, of no fixed address was charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession with intent to distribute cocaine after a stop on Dec. 19, police said Friday.

Daniel Lorenzo Connor

Daniel Lorenzo Connor, 23, of 9411 Singleton Drive, Bethesda, Md., was charged with possession of marijuana, after police searched his car at 1:08 a.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Hunting Cove Place and Rilda Place in Bristow. Police were investigating a suspicious vehicle.

Nicole Marie Klein

Nicole Marie Klein, 24, of 7800 Tayloe Drive, #138, in the Manassas area, was charged with possession of cocaine and driving under the influence after police responded to a single-car accident on Dec. 21 at 7:30 a.m. The accident occurred near the intersection of
Fleetwood Drive and Hazelwood Drive in Nokesville. Klein was held on a $10,000 bond and her court date was not available.

Marcos Vazquez-Sanchez, Carlos Fernando Flores

Marcos Vazquez-Sanchez, 27, of 8408 Impala Drive in the Manassas area was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana. He was held on a $5,000 bond and has a court date on Jan. 30. A second man, Carlos Fernando Flores, 19
of 7521 Remington Road in the Manassas area, was charged with possession of marijuana. He was released on a summons and has a court date on Jan. 30.

Jose Gomez-Amaya

Jose Gomez-Amaya, 28, of 8365 Tillett Loop in Manassas, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana on Monday at 12:30 a.m. Police were responding to a drug activity complaint in the 8700 block of Partridge Way in Bristow. He was released on a summons and has a court date on Jan. 15.

Alejandro Bernal Madrigal,Fabio Ochoa

Arrested: Alejandro Bernal Madrigal, whom a Federal official described as the head of the biggest cocaine ring in Colombia,Bernal-Madrigal was a member of the infamous Medellin Cartel and later ran the world’s largest cocaine transportation organization. He is being extradited to the Southern District of Florida for charges alleging that he operated a Continuing Criminal Enterprise, conspired to import and distribute cocaine, and that he oversaw the organization’s money laundering activities. and Fabio Ochoa, a member of the Medellin cartel. arrested on drug trafficking and money laundering charges were indicted on Sept. 30 by a Federal jury in Miami. The charges were unsealed.Fabio Ochoa, aged 44, is the most important Colombian drug trafficker ever to be extradited to the US. He entered his plea in a brief appearance before a federal magistrates court in Miami.

Jamie Hunt, Anthony James Tangires, Tony Neil Barnum, Mark Anthony Theisen

Jamie Hunt, 33, of Georgetown, S.C., was charged with possession of marijuana, illegal mushrooms and drug paraphernalia, police said.
Anthony James Tangires, 48, of Ellicott City, and Jeremy Shane Moien, 31, of Greenbelt, were charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, police said.
Mark Anthony Theisen, 22, Ryan Bosworth Johnson, 20, both of Ashburn, Va., and Amy Margaret Bozzard, 19, of Manassas, Va., were charged with possession of marijuana, police said.
Tony Neil Barnum, 33, of no fixed address, was charged with distribution of noncontrolled dangerous substance and possession of a noncontrolled dangerous substance with intent to distribute. Police did not provide details about the substance.

25-year-old British student

Christmas Eve, police arrested a 25-year-old British student whom they suspected had swallowed cocaine, and as of Friday he had expelled 40 pellets containing the drug.
A police press release yesterday said that ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch arrested the man at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, after observing his activities.
He was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was placed under guard and monitored.
The release further said that up to Friday he had excreted 40 cocaine pellets together weighing 485 grams.

Jimmy Lee Carter

Jimmy Lee Carter, 35, of Danville for distribution of cocaine. U.S. currency and equipment associated with drug sales were also seized pursuant to the arrest, according to a news release.
Carter was charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine.

Ronald D. Perry

Ronald D. Perry, 39, of Braidwood, was arrested by state police at 10:59 p.m. Thursday on Illinois Route 17 at Pipeline Road, Kankakee, for possession of cocaine.
His passenger, Robert W. Perry, 40, also of Braidwood, was arrested on the same charge.
Police said they stopped Perry for improper lighting and a cracked windshield. Police say they found the cocaine during a search of the passenger.

Savane Mussa

Savane Mussa, a 35 year old German national, was arraigned in court on Saturday morning and charged with importing cocaine in Malta, and with involvement in drug trafficking.
Airport officials caught the man in possession of 800 grams of cocaine on Friday, as soon as he arrived in Malta on board a flight from Tunis.
Mussa was stopped by the Customs’ officials, who scanned his one piece of luggage and noticed a suspicious looking object hidden in his shoes. The man was asked to accompany the Customs officials to the search room and, upon opening his luggage, whitish powder was found hidden in his two pairs of shoes. A body search was then conducted but not other drugs were found. It was also later confirmed that the powder found in the man’s shoes was cocaine.

Luis Collazo-Alvarez

Luis Collazo-Alvarez, a 49-year-old man also arrested in the same raids, was indicted by a federal grand jury in October in a separate indictment on single counts of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.

Humberto Lugo-Olivares Jr

Humberto Lugo-Olivares Jr. entered a guilty plea Dec. 20 to conspiracy to distribute cocaine (at least 500 grams, or about one pound) and marijuana, according to documents filed with the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.

17 pounds of cocaine

The bus was being driven by a 39-year-old Mexican citizen from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Once all passengers in the bus had exited, CBP canine “Martin” alerted to the odor of narcotics emanating from the back seats area of the bus. Upon further examination and a closer visual inspection of the seats, CBP officers discovered seven cellophane wrapped bundles underneath two of the back seats. The seven packages contained 17 pounds of cocaine valued at $544,000. Although no immediate arrest was made in this case, U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agents are continuing the investigation into this seizure and federal drug violations charges are pending. CBP officers also seized the bus.

59 pounds of marijuana

Lincoln-Juarez Bridge. CBP officers referred a 1996 Isuzu Rodeo driven by a 50-year-old permanent U.S. resident from San Antonio, Tex. for secondary examination. During the examination, CBP officers detected discrepancies within the vehicle’s gas tank area. Utilizing a non-intrusive imaging system, a scan of the vehicle revealed anomalies within the tank of the SUV. CBP canine “Tower” alerted to the odor of narcotics emanating from the same area where the anomaly had been detected. Upon further examination of the gas tank and a closer visual inspection utilizing a fiber-optic scope, CBP officers discovered two metal boxes tucked within the hollowed out gas tank. A total of three bundles containing 59 pounds of marijuana were removed. The marijuana has a street value of $59,000. CBP officers arrested the driver on federal drug violations and turned him over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agents who investigated the seizure. The vehicle was seized.

false roof compartment of a Canadian truck

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers here seized $373,000 and 127 pounds of marijuana concealed in a false roof compartment of a Canadian truck. The truck and trailer arrived at the port of entry Saturday night at 8 p.m. carrying a shipment of aluminum railing components bound for California.
CBP officers referred the truck/trailer for a Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System (VACIS) x-ray type examination which revealed a possible anomaly in the roof area of the tractor. Further inspection of the area revealed a hydraulic-operated compartment behind some shelving which concealed the marijuana and currency. The contraband had apparently been sprayed with oleoresin capsicum (OC spray) and vinegar in an attempt to defeat inspection by CBP K-9 units.
"Narcotics and currency smuggling in the Pacific Northwest continues to be a border security threat," said Pat Hinchey, CBP Sumas area port director. "Our CBP officers will maintain their vigilance in protecting our nation’s borders from the many threats we face daily."
The currency, marijuana (valued at $381,000 USD) and the truck and trailer were all seized by CBP officers. The case is being investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Manuel G. Martinez

Manuel G. Martinez 5-3-62 was arrested at the 300 block of 14th St. for Possession of Marijuana and for False Reporting to Law Enforcement.

Memphis International Airport

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Memphis International Airport’s air cargo facility recently seized approximately six pounds of cocaine concealed in baseball bats.
One of the bats was X-rayed and discrepancies were noticed in the thick part or barrel of the bat. A drill exam produced a white powdery substance, which field-tested positive for cocaine. The other the were X-rayed and drilled and all three bats were found to contain cocaine.
The cocaine and bats were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further investigation

Byron A. Jimenez Castaneda

ICE and FBI agents executed a warrant to arrest Byron A. Jimenez Castaneda, 44, a citizen of Colombia, in Orlando, Florida for conspiracy to possess, distribute and import narcotics into the United States. In the 15-count indictment, Jimenez Castaneda is alleged to have coordinated the kidnapping of an undercover ICE agent in Medellin, Colombia, on December 13, 2005. Jimenez Castaneda acted as "judge" in a "narco trial" to determine the undercover ICE agent's responsibility for the cartel's loss of cocaine and currency to law enforcement. The indictment also alleges that a ransom of $2,000,000 was requested for the release of the undercover ICE agent.
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement Julie L. Myers and United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez announced the arrest today for violations to Title 21, United States Code (USC), Sections 841 and 846; Title 18, USC Sections 952 and 963, and Title 18, USC, Section 1203.
The arrest of Jimenez Castaneda comes following a two year ICE investigation that has resulted in the arrest of 23 cartel associates and the seizure of more than 1,900 kilograms of cocaine, numerous foreign and domestic bank accounts, more than 3 million dollars in U.S. currency and six vessels.
"This case demonstrates how ruthless this Medellin-based cartel is," said Assistant Secretary Julie L. Myers. "Arresting Jimenez Castaneda on kidnapping and drug charges brings us one step closer to justice and strikes a severe blow to their criminal organization.

Galicia columbian drug connection by Drugmarine

Eight people were arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs into Galicia, although their home made invention was quite different than all other methods used. A home made submarine was used to smuggle drugs from ships at sea into the Galician coast line. The submarine was found by a Guardia Civil patrol. It had been abandoned in the Ría de Vigo with 4,400 litres of fuel in its tanks. The submarine was handmade and measured 11 metres long by two metres wide, with space for a 2 man crew. The vessel had three propellers and three motors, two of them electric, and was equipped with electronic communications equipment. There was also a sail so that the submarine could travel on the surface without using its engines. The arrests were made in Galicia, Madrid and Cataluña as well as in Estepona and La Línea. National Police officials said ample documentation related to the construction and operation of the submarine was found at the individuals’ homes. Investigations led to the arrests of the seven Spaniards and one Venezuelan
Drug traffickers are using a fleet of as many as 20 mini subs to move huge quantities of cocaine through the Caribbean, federal law enforcement and Coast Guard.
The cocaine vessels are often harder to detect than Russian submarines because of the way they skim the surface, officials say.
"The Russian submarine has a certain signal you can listen to underwater," said Coast Guard Adm. Joseph L. Nimmich, director of Joint Interagency Task Force South, based in Key West, Fla.The cocaine vessels give "very little signal," said the admiral, whose officers are testing a captured sub in order to adjust Coast Guard sensors.
In a report to be aired on "World News With Charles Gibson," officials showed off the recently captured vessel, a semi-submersible that carried 9,000 pounds of pure cocaine.
"They started out with four to five tons. The new ones are estimated to carry between 12 to 15 tons of narcotics," Adm. Nimmich said.
The vessels are able to travel up to 2,000 miles and evade U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships patrolling the waters between Colombia and the U.S. and Mexico.
U.S. officials say the cocaine trafficking groups actually assemble the vessels in the jungles of Colombia and then truck them to remote ports to be launched.

Devin L. Elliott

Devin L. Elliott, 29, of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty Thursday to possession of more than three grams of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, a Class A felony.
Elliott will serve 20 years in prison, according to the plea agreement.
The location of the arrest was at a store on Clifty Drive, which is within 1,000 feet of the Madison Consolidated High School parking lot.
During a search, police found 19.5 grams of cocaine in Elliott's front pants pocket, according to a police probable cause affidavit.

Ben Hurt

Ben Hurt, 25, was commenced after Lebanon Police Department executed a search warrant in the 900 block of North Broadway in Lebanon, where Hurt was residing. The location was found to have more than 28 grams of crack and more than 28 grams of powder cocaine broken down for sale, according to Hutzel.
Hurt is facing a mandatory minimum of three years in prison for this offense. He will be sentenced next week

Serafin Mantero,Cecil Richardson

Serafin Mantero, 41, and Cecil Richardson, 39, returned to Tampa on Thursday with two partners and enough cash to buy two kilograms, or 4.4 pounds, for $21,000, police said.
Richardson, who stands 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 315 pounds, has been arrested at least 36 times and has cocaine convictions dating to 1986, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcemen
The drug deal took place at 401 S. 50th St., south of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway, where Mantero and Richardson were arrested with Calvin J. Harris, 32, and Michael R. Albury, 22, authorities said.
Police seized $33,000 in cash from the men, according to arrest reports. All four were charged with first-degree felony trafficking and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine.Serafin Mantero, 41, Cecil Vaughn Richardson, 39, Michael Renard Albury, 22, and Calvin Jerome Harris, 32, are each facing two counts of trafficking in cocaine and are being held without bond. Investigators say Mantero and Richardson, who has an extensive arrest record, allegedly purchased a kilogram of the illegal narcotic from undercover detectives on December 18.

Marco Antonio Vargas-Perez

Marco Antonio Vargas-Perez, 36, was arrested for investigation of drug possession with intent to distribute and a restricted person in possession of a firearm.
Vargas-Perez also admitted to investigators to being in the United States illegally, according to a Salt Lake County Jail report.

James Michael Dollarhite,Steven William Dias

Steven William Dias. Dias and James Michael Dollarhite, the man accused in the slaying, both had previous drug-related charges.
Dollarhite was in Mecklenburg County jail Friday night with no bond. In addition to murder, he's charged with communicating threats, assault by pointing a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon and going armed to the terror of the public.
Police said Dias arrived about 10 minutes apart from Dollarhite. Both men were armed with handguns and got into an argument. Several shots were fired in the back of the bar, which was occupied by about 40 people. Dias was shot and died at Presbyterian Hospital shortly afterward. Another unidentified person was treated at the hospital.

Malta Airport

800 grammes of cocaine were seized at the airport on Thursday evening by the Customs Enforcement Squad and the police.
The drug was on a passenger who held a German passport and who had arrived on a flight from Tunisia. The only luggage he was carrying was scanned and it appeared that there was something suspicious inside.
The passenger was asked to enter the search room together with customs officials where the contents of his luggage were examined, and white powder was found in two pairs of shoes, which was later confirmed to be cocaine. A search was also made on the passenger himself but nothing was found. He is now under investigation by the police

John Mahon, Brian Laverty,Joseph V. Schoentube Jr, Shykesh T. Treadwell,Kevin J. McLaughlin

John Mahon, 18; Brian Laverty, 18; Joseph V. Schoentube Jr., 18; Shykesh T. Treadwell, 19; and Kevin J. McLaughlin, 20, all of Keansburg, on charges of possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, Pigott said.

Delbert DeBolt

Delbert DeBolt of Moundsville after they noticed the car he was driving swerved to the wrong side of the road at a high rate of speed while traveling along the Narrows section of W.Va. 2 near Glen Dale early Sunday. Officers said the car nearly struck a retaining wall before being stopped, and DeBolt appeared intoxicated as they questioned him. They administered four sobriety tests, all of which DeBolt failed.

Chantelly M. Asbury

Chantelly M. Asbury, 28, of Glen Dale was arrested on a second-offense driving under the influence charge and DUI with a minor child in the car after her vehicle went off the road on W.Va. 86, aka Grandview Road.

Alejandro S. Medrano, Jaime Garcia Jr

Alejandro S. Medrano of Brooklyn and Jaime Garcia Jr. of Shaw Street in Utica were each charged with felony criminal possession of a controlled substance. $20,000 worth of heroin was recovered in 1,320 bags from a vehicle stopped for having tinted windows on the Thruway in the Herkimer County town of Danube, state police said.

Morton Tillson

Morton Tillson, 29, of Utica on Dec. 14 with felony marijuana possession after pulling his vehicle over for erratic driving in Greenburgh, a Westchester County community just north of New York City. Authorities say they found 61 pounds of pot worth about $119,000.

Rebecca L. Daley

Rebecca L. Daley, 49, of 613 Stoch Circle, Palm Bay. Charges: possession of cocaine, possession of paraphernalia.

Diego M. Sanchez

Diego M. Sanchez, 21, of 3715 Pinewood Drive N.E., Palm Bay. Charge: driving with license suspended.

John Anthony Obrien,

John Anthony Obrien, 21, of 532 Vaugh St., Titusville. Charges: driving under the influence, possession of paraphernalia.

Elizabeth Mary Gordon

Elizabeth Mary Gordon, 19, of 1964 Washington Ave., Melbourne. Charges: driving under the influence with property damage, reckless driving.

Lanita Ann Clark

Lanita Ann Clark, 50, of 207 Tyler Ave., Cape Canaveral. Charge: possession of cocaine.

Mary Elizabeth Killeavy

Mary Elizabeth Killeavy, 18, of Indian Hrb. Charge: driving under the influence.

Anthony D. Williams

Anthony D. Williams, 21, of 315 Sundial Court, Cocoa. Charges: sale cocaine, possession of cocaine.

Bryan Michael Osteen

Bryan Michael Osteen, 18, of 3465 Old Dixie Road, Mims. Charge: disorderly intoxication.

Jason Scott Schaller

Jason Scott Schaller, 26, of Fruitland Prk. Charge: possession of cocaine.

Amber Gayle Redmond

Amber Gayle Redmond, 25, of Orlando. Charge: possession of cocaine.

Sean Leearic Pope

Sean Leearic Pope, 18, of 173 Ulster Lane, Melbourne. Charges: possession of cocaine with intent to sell, possession of cocaine, possession of paraphernalia, felony possession of controlled substance.

Sandra Louise Belanger

Sandra Louise Belanger , 39, of Orlando. Charges: possession of cocaine, possession of controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia.

Jean Robert Michel

Jean Robert Michel, 18, of 808 Wilson Ave., Cocoa. Charges: possession of cocaine, possession of paraphernalia.

Estella S. Musgrove

Estella S. Musgrove, 39, of Lka 1418 Floyd Dr., Rockledge. Charges: disorderly intoxication, resisting arrest without violence.

Jonathan Alan Wester

Jonathan Alan Wester, 24, of 1205 Old Parsonage Road, Merritt Island. Charge: driving under the influence

Salena Christina Samonas

Salena Christina Samonas, 20, of 1763 Fay St., Cocoa. Charges: carrying concealed firearm, possession of controlled substance.

Renee Lynn Lutz

Renee Lynn Lutz, 48, of 6000 Alden Avenue, Cocoa. Charge: driving whilst impaired.

Samuel Cabrales Jr

Samuel Cabrales Jr., 31. About 15 grams of cocaine with an estimated street value of $1,500 was found along with a digital scale and packaging material. Law enforcement also seized $100 cash and a 1991 Ford pickup. Cabrales is charged with second degree felony possession of cocaine and is being held in the Pennington County jail.

Lisa Nelson,Anastasia Narvaiz

Lisa Nelson, 27, and Anastasia Narvaiz, 21, was searched. Law enforcement found 9.25 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $21,000, a small amount of methamphetamine, a scale and some drug paraphernalia. The couple forfeited $2,300 in cash. The pair have been released with a promise to appear after being charged with fifth degree felony possession of marijuana and fifth degree felony possession of methamphetamines

Armando Flores

Armando Flores, 24, of Thief River Falls was arrested Dec. 21 after 6 ounces of marijuana with an estimated street value of $900, a digital scale, hydrocone tablets -- possessed without a prescription and $4,655 in cash were found in his residence. Flores has been charged with fifth degree felony possession of marijuana. He has been released with a promise to appear. Other charges are expected.

Clinton Earl Hazelwood,

Clinton Earl Hazelwood, of 601 Alamance Road, with possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond was set at $10,000.

Donald Jeffery Beasley

Donald Jeffery Beasley, 42, of 1917-F Morningside Drive, with possession of cocaine, maintaining a dwelling to keep or sell drugs, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $15,000.

Wanted Patrick Dewayne Gilbert

The first house is located in the GroveOak Community. The second is on County Road 482 in the Painter community.
During a search of the two houses, officers did not find Gilbert.
However, they did confiscate two stolen motorcycles, a laser transit, and a 9mm Taurus.
They say methamphetamine and marijuana were also found at the residences in addition to firearms and other potentially stolen items.

Sue Michelle Dunn , Emery Darrell-Lee,

Investigators say they searched 53-year old Emery Darrell-Lee's home in Collinsville
Lee met drug task force agents at the door with a plastic bag full of trash from a recent methamphetamine cook.
Inside the home, agents say they found a gram of finished meth, and a half gallon of meth oil. 37-year-old Sue Michelle Dunn was also in the home at the time. She's facing charges for possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Lee is charged with trafficking methamphetamine, unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance, and drug possession.

Robert Fred ("Pete") Bishop

Dekalb County arrested Robert Fred ("Pete") Bishop yesterday.
Eleven people, including 6 minor children, were in the house at the time the warrant was executed at a house on Clements Road in Rainsville.
Bishop was charged with distribution of a controlled substance, and is being held at the DeKalb County Detention Center on $15,000 bond.
Further charges may be pending.

large bag in a rubbish container.

A sports bag with more than ten kilograms of heroin was found in a shop in the town of Balashikha in Moscow region. Managers at the store discovered the large bag in a rubbish container.
Narcotics experts said the bag contained Afghan heroin packed into ten plastic parcels.
Police suspect the heroin was en route to a gang operating in the region.
"The drugs might have been stowed in the rubbish bin for a recipient to pick up. But, for some reason, he failed to do it,” Ekaterina Kosova from Drug Control service said

Berelice Donaghey

Berelice Donaghey, 43, of Fishkill, N.Y., was arrested Wednesday by members of the New Milford police's Investigate Services Bureau. Police say the New Milford bureau had received information from the federal Drug Enforcement Agency that Donaghey had been falsifying prescriptions. Donaghey was charged with 10 counts of obtaining a prescription by fraud and was held on $50,000 bond pending a court date today, according to police. Police say the investigation is ongoing and additional charges may be pending.

Greg Smith (Mayan Express)

Greg Smith, name shows up in public documents that indicate he worked as a pilot in the past for an operation involving the FBI, DEA and CIA that targeted narco-traffickers in Colombia.The Gulfstream II jet that crash landed in the Mexican Yucatan in late September carrying close to four tons of cocaine was part of an operation being carried out by a Department of Homeland Security agency.The operation, codenamed “Mayan Express,” is an ongoing effort spearheaded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the sources claim. The information surfaced during a high-level meeting at DEA headquarters in mid-December, DEA sources familiar with the meeting assert. Those sources have requested anonymity out of fear they will be retaliated against by the government for revealing the information.

Zambian women

two women, aged 31 and 29 years, had aroused the suspicion of the Customs officers at the Sydney airport and during questioning admitted concealing drugs insides their bodies, according to an Australian Federal Police statement.Three African women carrying contraband drugs were recently caught by the law-enforcement agencies in Dubai and Sydney, Australia, according to sources
The Zambian women, part of the increasing phenomenon of Asians and African drug ‘mules’, were found to have swallowed capsules filled with heroin in the hope of flushing it out after reaching their destination safely. Dubai is just a transit point in the worldwide drug smuggling network. Because of the emirate’s tough anti-drug laws and zero-tolerance policy, Customs authorities in European countries do not usually suspect people travelling from or transiting through Dubai.

Olmeda

Olmeda's vehicle allegedly contained 500 lbs. of marijuana. Four months later, it was Officer Hiland who found the escaped fugitive.Officer Nick Hiland, Quincy Police Department says, "Officer Miller and I responded to the area of 7th and Oak. They said it would be the house behind the back porch tavern. A person came to the door and we advised him what the situation was. He said that we could come into his residence and he was just standing right there in the living room. We made eye contact and he just looked at me and put his head down. Officer Miller asked if I recognized him and I said yes. I'm glad we have them both back in jail."

Mollie Gower, Darrell Knighten,Collin Frisinger

Mollie Gower, 39, and Darrell Knighten, 36, were both charged with state jail felonies for delivery of a controlled substance for an amount under one gram.Collin Frisinger, 21, who was arrested in connection with delivery of a controlled substance after he sold the prescription medication Xanax to undercover officers, was charged with a state jail felony.

Candice Loecken

Candice Loecken, 28, was charged with one second degree felony for delivery of a controlled substance in an amount between 1 and 4 grams.

Tressa Stewart

Tressa Stewart, 37, was arrested and charged with two counts for delivery of a controlled substance, each for an amount of methamphetamines between 1 and 4 grams.

Dewey Miller

Dewey Miller, 30, was arrested and charged with delivery of a controlled substance. The amount of methamphetamines in his possession — over 4 grams — brought his charge to a first-degree felony.

four kilos of coke smuggled in Christmas candles.

21-year-old visitor from Barbados was arrested Dec 11 after four kilograms of coke worth US $ 550,000 was found in the binding of a Bible and other books.
Another 21-year-old man who claimed to be visiting from St Vincent was arrested a day later arriving from Guyana with 2.5 kilos of coke worth about US $ 310,000 inside a Bible and in the false bottom of a suitcase.
"The covers of the Bibles are unglued or slit and drugs in flat plastic bags are placed inside," she said.
Giolti said officers became suspicious because the books were heavier than normal.
Both men have been charged with importing a controlled substance and are before the courts. They face deportation to the Caribbean if convicted, police said. Their names have not been released due to an ongoing probe.
Also two GTA women were arrested last week after six kilos of marijuana worth US $ 125,000 was found in coffee packs in their luggage arriving from Jamaica. Another woman was nabbed after arriving from St Vincent with four kilos of coke smuggled in Christmas candles.

Derrick Tyrell Harris

Derrick Tyrell Harris, 20, of 3106 Abbott, was arrested and charged with felony trafficking cocaine by possession, felony tampering with evidence and possession of forfeitable property.
He was arrested when DPS detectives and narcotics unit agents, along with state police narcotics officers, served a search warrant at approximately 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Police seized 4.9 grams of crack cocaine, with an estimated street value of $1,250.

Michael John Newton

Michael John Newton, of Dale Street, Ulverston, also turned up late for his appearance at Furness Magistrates’ Court (20) and was slapped with a £25 fine.
Prosecutor Mrs Lisa O’Loughlin told how the emergency services were called to Newton’s home on December 4 after a friend of his collapsed.
She said ambulance crews were accompanied by the police who seized weighing scales, foil with traces of powder on it and a further piece of foil that had been used to smoke heroin.
She said: “When questioned by police he admitted they were all his and were for personal use.
Mrs O’Loughlin added that he had several drug-related convictions, with the last being in June 2003. Newton pleaded guilty to possession of diamorphine on Decembe
He also pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis and this was taken intro consideration.

Vietnam has sentenced eight heroin traffickers to death

Vietnam has sentenced eight heroin traffickers to death, a court official said Friday, raising to more than 40 the number of drug smugglers to receive the death penalty over the past month.In the latest mass trial, the Hanoi people's court also jailed 29 others, 18 of them for life, for trafficking heroin across the country's mountainous north over two years.The report said traffickers had become more sophisticated and dangerous, with some ready to attack police with firearms and grenades.

Wendy Morse

Wendy Morse, 27, of Benmont Avenue in Bennington pleaded not guilty to two charges of violating her probation, a charge of cocaine possession second or subsequent and possession of a depressant at her arraignment on Monday. The cocaine possession charge is a felony.

According to an affidavit by Bennington Police Officer John Behan, police received information on Dec. 23 at around 2 p.m. that there was drug activity occurring on Benmont Avenue. Behan said a confidential informant told police that Morse had recently received a shipment of crack cocaine and that she had been selling it with another individual.

Mischa Barton

Mischa Barton was arrested early Thursday morning (December 27) in West Hollywood, California, for DUI and other charges, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. was charged with three criminal counts: driving under the influence, possession of illegal narcotics and driving without a valid license.
Police said Barton was being held on $10,000 bail, and TMZ.com later reported that she was released from the West Hollywood sheriff’s station shortly after 10 a.m. on Thursday morning
Barton was stopped just before 3 a.m. after police noticed her car had been weaving back and forth, crossing the traffic line that runs down the middle of North La Cienega Boulevard. Police further noticed the car’s driver failed to signal before making a turn.
Barton was taken into custody and transported to the sheriff’s West Hollywood station, where she was booked and processed. It was at that time that police learned the 21-year-old actress was an unlicensed driver, and that she was intoxicated, the sheriff’s department said.

John J. Romano

John J. Romano, 36, of the 1700 block of South Spring Road and Worthy Davis, 19, of the 700 block of South East Avenue were charged with possession of marijuana, crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia at Walnut Villa Apartments in the 1000 block of Florence Avenue Dec. 21.

Raheim O. Holloway

Raheim O. Holloway, 25, of the 600 block of East Mulberry Street was charged with resisting arrest, obstruction and possession of marijuana following a disturbance in the 200 block of East Oak Street Tuesday.

Jesus Solis,Gilberto Garza

Jesus Solis and the homeowner, Gilberto Garza, being placed under arrest.The two men are in custody after San Juan SWAT officers raid a suspected drug house.Police say the homeowner is suspected of accepting stolen property for drugs.This operation was being guarded by six barking dogs.The suspects detained are awaiting formal charges.
The homeowner will be charged with possession of a controlled substance.
And, the second suspect will be charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Jason Travis Warren

Maryland State Police said a trooper stopped Jason Travis Warren, 22, near Wine Rack at 4 a.m. for clocking 57 mph in a 45 mph zone. The trooper smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle and saw several marijuana flakes on the carpet. A Berlin teenager were charged with possession of marijuana and Xanax after police said they found the drugs in their vehicle during a traffic stop early this morning for speeding, Both were charged and released.

Pedro Alfonso Alatorre Damy:Gulfstream II jet that crash landed carrying four tons of cocaine

Mexican authorities who issued an arrest warrant for a top financier of the Sinaloa drug cartel uncovered the connection between the cartel and the purchase of two jets that took off from St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport on separate dates. One jet was seized, and the other crashed in Mexico. A total of nearly 10 tons of cocaine was found onboard the jets, according to Mexican authorities.
Gulfstream II jet that crash landed in the Mexican Yucatan in late September carrying close to four tons of cocaine was part of an operation being carried out by a Department of Homeland Security agency, The operation, codenamed “Mayan Express,” is an ongoing effort spearheaded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the sources claim. The information surfaced during a high-level meeting at DEA headquarters in mid-December, DEA sources familiar with the meeting assert.
The operation also appears to be badly flawed, the sources say, because it is being carried out unilaterally, by ICE and without the knowledge of the Mexican government.Mexican law enforcers subsequently apprehended the two pilots of the downed jet. Neither one of them appears to be a U.S. citizen, according to Mexican press accounts.

Ndrangheta crime syndicate

‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate, a ruthless and mysterious network of 155 families born in the rough hills here in southern Italy’s Calabria region, now dominates the European drug trade. By establishing direct ties with Colombian producers and building a multibillion-dollar empire that spans five continents, the syndicate has metamorphosed into one of the craftiest criminal gangs in the world, authorities say.
Over the last two decades, the syndicate has deployed its members to strategic locations along trafficking and distribution routes, in Colombia and Venezuela, Canada, Africa, Spain and as far as Australia. It takes orders from buyers in Europe (The ‘Ndrangheta, which is thought to have business assets worth at least $50 billion, grew as a protection racket in impoverished southern Italy after World War II and then began to make big money with kidnappings (including the abduction and grisly mutilation of the grandson of oil billionaire J. Paul Getty in 1973). The name comes from a Greek word meaning “virtue” or “heroism.”including other mafiosi) and brokers deals with the suppliers in Colombia.

Joshua Blackburn (update)

An Orange County commissioner delayed the arraignment of Joshua Blackburn, 32, of Murrieta until Jan. 9, and set his bail at $4 million. If Blackburn posts bail, authorities must verify whether the money is legitimate.Blackburn broke into the evidence locker room of the CHP Santa Ana office around 4 a.m. Dec. 21, authorities said. He took the cocaine, worth roughly $1 million wholesale, and hid it, prosecutors said. All the drugs were recovered. California Highway Patrol officer made his first court appearance Wednesday on felony charges of stealing about $1 million worth of cocaine from a CHP evidence room.If convicted of all charges, Blackburn faces a maximum of 25 years and eight months in prison.

Calvin Ward

Calvin Ward stood before U.S. District Judge Curtis L. Collier two years ago, and was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison on a charge of conspiracy to distribute at least 5 grams of crack cocaine.Mr. Ward may be one of the first crack cocaine offenders to have his sentence reduced under a change in the federal sentencing guidelines.
LOWER SENTENCES
The U.S. Sentencing Commission estimates that thousands of crack cocaine offenders will be eligible for sentence reductions based on new retroactive guidelines. Below are the number of area defendants they estimate will be eligible.

* United States: 19,500
* Eastern Tennessee: 289
* Western Tennessee: 149
* Middle Tennessee: 59

Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission

Sidney Benner, escaped

Sidney Benner, 30, escaped Thursday from the county's detention center. He's believed to be in the Gallman area.
During his escape, Benner cut himself and left a blood trail. His jumpsuit was found less than a mile from the Sheriff's Department, officials said.

A woman and two youths were detained

A woman and two youths were detained in Peru after the trio allegedly ingested capsules of cocaine and attempted to board an airplane to Argentina, a police official said Sunday.
The three were questioned at Lima's international airport Saturday night and taken to a nearby hospital, where they expelled capsules of cocaine, Police Gen. Miguel Hidalgo, director of the country's anti-drug unit, told The Associated Press.
Police declined to give the youth's ages or gender until an official report is completed, but radio reports said they were aged 15 and 17, and traveling with their 47-year-old mother.

Gary Anthony Lynch,And Mark Trevor Archer,Liam Wright,

Daniel Murphy, 40, a joiner, of Buchanan Road, Wallasey, was convicted of conspiring to supply cannabis between September 2005 and September 2006 and jailed for six years.
Gary Anthony Lynch, 45, a bricklayer, of Gorsey Well Lane, Runcorn, was jailed for 21 months.
And Mark Trevor Archer, 49, of Warburton Street, Stockton Heath, near Warrington, was locked up for four years. Both admitted conspiracy to supply cannabis;
Liam Wright, 23, of York Road, Connah’s Quay, admitted two counts of offering to supply cannabis and was sentenced to eight months suspended for two years and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.
The court heard how there were almost 2,000 cannabis plants squeezed into the upstairs rooms of the Saughall factory just over the Flintshire border in a semi-detached four-bedroom house owned by Archer.

largest marijuana bust

Costa Rican agents made the largest marijuana bust in the Central American nation's history, seizing 4.85 tons of the drug found in an abandoned boat, police said Saturday.
The marijuana was discovered Friday during a patrol with the U.S. Coast Guard off the country's Pacific coast, Costa Rican police said in a statement.
The ship's crew fled, abandoning their 48-foot-long boat near the border with Panama, where they appear to have fled, police said. No arrests have been made.

Snyder-Cronkhite

Snyder-Cronkhite, 19, of Brazil on allegations of dealing in methamphetamine, burglary, false informing and possession of a controlled substance. He remained in the Vigo County jail Wednesday with bail set at $55,000. He can be detained until Friday while the prosecutor’s office decides what charges, if any, to file. Snyder-Cronkhite is scheduled for court at 9:30 a.m. Friday.

Isaac E. Corbin,

Isaac E. Corbin, 27, of Terre Haute appeared on a warrant for dealing crack cocaine. Corbin allegedly delivered more than 0.2 gram of crack to confidential informants of the Vigo County Drug Task Force at an address in the 500 block of Second Avenue on two separate occasions in October. A warrant was issued Dec. 11 and Corbin was arrested Saturday. Corbin remained in the county jail Wednesday with bail set at $75,000.

Shawn Lee McBride

Shawn Lee McBride, 22, of Terre Haute on allegations of possession of methamphetamine and an additional controlled substance and habitual traffic violations. McBride remained in the jail with bail set at $50,000. He can be detained until Friday while the prosecutor’s office decides what charges, if any, to file. He is scheduled for court at 9:30 a.m. Friday.

Juanita Wilson

Juanita Wilson, 57, of Terre Haute on two class-B felony allegations of dealing oxycodone, a schedule II controlled substance. Wilson allegedly delivered the drug to confidential informants from the Vigo County Drug Task Force on two separate occasions in September and October. Wilson appeared before Lewis in Vigo Superior Court Division 6. She remained in the county jail Wednesday with bail set at $75,000.

Brandon Shawn Bell,Gregory Meredith Sanders Jr,Jauran Ashleigh Farley, Fonte Pierr Todd,Sarah Christie Reyes

Brandon Shawn Bell, 20, of 13018 Chaddsford Terrace in Woodbridge was charged with possession of marijuana about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at U.S. 1 and Port Potomac Avenue, said Officer Erika Hernandez, police spokeswoman. An officer stopped Bell's vehicle and allegedly found the drug. He was released on a summons. His court hearing date was not available.
Gregory Meredith Sanders Jr., 23, of 13200 Bangor Place, Fort Washington, Md., was charged with possession of marijuana after a traffic stop at 12:22 a.m. on Tuesday, police said. Sanders' vehicle was stopped in the 4400 block of Evergreen Drive in Dale City. He was release on a summons. His court hearing date was not available.
Jauran Ashleigh Farley, 18, of 2139 Wessex Court in Woodbridge was charged with marijuana possession after a patrol car investigated a suspicious vehicle, police said.
An officer saw the suspicious vehicle near Adrift Court and Scuppers Lane in Woodbridge about 5:39 p.m. on Tuesday, police said. Farley was released on a summons. Her court hearing date was not available.
Fonte Pierr Todd, 24, of 2691 Penbury Court in Woodbridge, was charged with cocaine possession and driving under the influence about 1 a.m. on Monday, police said.An officer stopped Todd's vehicle at Antrim Circle and Cosgrove Way in Woodbridge. Todd was charged and held in lieu of a $15,000 bond. His court hearing date was not available.Sarah Christie Reyes, 30, of 6024 Oaklawn Lane in Woodbridge, was charged with possession of marijuana and driving under the influence about 2:50 a.m. on Saturday, police said

Zayda Pena a classic gangland-style slaying

Peña was the vocalist for Zayda y Los Culpables a popular band that produced romantic ballads. Zayda Peña, 28, a singer who was shot dead Saturday in a hospital emergency room in the city of Matamoros, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville.
An assassin put two bullets into Peña after she emerged from emergency surgery for a gunshot wound to the back she received the day before in a motel where she was staying.Although police said they they had no suspects or motive for the killing, it seemed a classic gangland-style slaying that has killed hundreds of people in Mexico this year.
She was fatally shot while recovering from a gunshot wound she received Friday at a hotel in Matamoros. Two others that were with Peña Friday were killed in the attack,
Sheriff’s deputy Alvaro Guerra, the liaison between county lawmen and the Tamaulipas State Police, confirmed late Monday that Mexican investigators contacted him regarding the 28-year-old singer’s slaying.

Sergio Gómez,Zayda Pena

Sergio Gómez was kidnapped. Police found his body the next day. He'd been strangled and beaten. the savage murder of Sergio Gómez, one of Mexico's hottest singers, a headliner whose band, K-Paz de la Sierra, commanded $100,000 a show, twice the rate of other top bands was different. It has set off an unprecedented chain reaction in which at least half a dozen bands have canceled concert tours. Popular bands, such as the Duranguense act Patrulla 81, which backed out of four major shows, are terrified of coming to Morelia and the surrounding state of Michoacan.Gomez was killed hours after another singer, Zayda Pena, was killed in the border city of Matamoros in Tamaulipas state.
Pena, 28, was shot by an unknown assailant in hospital where she was recovering from a previous gunshot wound. The motive behind her murder is also unknown.Several of the murders of musicians over the past year are believed to be tied to organised crime and drug-trafficking. More than 1,000 people have been killed in Mexico this year as drug cartels battle for territory and drug routes.

Charles Lynch

Charles Lynch of Arroyo Grande pleaded not guilty to charges in August. His trial is scheduled for the spring, he said.
In March, San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s officials and federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided Charles Lynch’s dispensary, Central Coast Compassionate Caregivers, at 780 Monterey Ave.
The business was the county’s only medical marijuana dispensary when it was closed down permanently after federal authorities contacted his landlord, Bob Davis. They told Davis his property could be seized if he continued renting it for dispensary use.
At least one victory for medical marijuana was won over the past year when Grover Beach police returned 20 grams of marijuana to Ken Parson in January, Koory said.
Parson was arrested in Grover Beach for possession of marijuana. But Koory argued that Parson’s prescription was allowed under state law.
Grover Beach police were required to return the marijuana to Parsons or pay a $5,900 fee.

Jack Fagin

Jack Fagin, 50, whose hometown was not released, was in court today to answer to charges of attempted trafficking in drugs.
Police accuse Fagin of trying to ship 15 pounds of marijuana here from Texas.
Assistant Hamilton County prosecutor Betsy Sundermann said Fagin already has a pending indictment for shipping 200 pounds of marijuana – worth $200,000 – when he was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Agency.

Johnathan L. Byler,David S. Byler

Arrested after an undercover officer made a covert drug buy, were Johnathan L. Byler, 21, of 5086 Route 322, Windsor, and his brother, David S. Byler, 20, of 8369 Fortney Road in Windsor. Both men were transported to county jail.

Johnathan Byler was charged with trafficking in drugs (powder cocaine), and possession of drugs. David Byler was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia including digital scales. They were cited to appear in Western County Court on the charges.

Rev. Hugh King

Rev. Hugh King announced his resignation during Sunday services at the Guillemard Street church.Pensacola police arrested King on April 27 after stopping a Ford Explorer in which he was a passenger. Police reported finding a bag of cocaine in King?s pocket. The case is set for trial Jan. 14.

Raymond A. Baisi

Raymond A. Baisi, wanted on a Yonkers drug possession warrant.
Baisi, of Eastchester, had just filled up his tank at a gas station when an officer saw the cracked windshield and pulled him over, Pelham Manor Detective Ken Campion said. His license was suspended, he was uninsured and his license plates didn't match his sport utility vehicle, which was unregistered, Campion said.
Baisi, 57, had crack cocaine on him and in the SUV, Campion said. He was charged with felony drug possession and several traffic and vehicle violations. He was being held Monday without bail at the Westchester County jail

Domenyk Lattlay-Fottfoy

Domenyk Noonan is appealing against a jail sentence for having a gun in his car, claiming he was "set up" by the police.

Domenyk Lattlay-Fottfoy, a member of the Noonans gangland family, was stopped in a Jaguar car by police near Darlington in May and found with a handgun and five .357 Magnum bullets.A jury at Teesside Crown Court found the 41-year-old guilty of possession of a firearm, possessing a firearm without a certificate and having a firearm and ammunition in his possession.Lattlay-Fottfoy, who ran a security business, is the brother of murdered Manchester hardman Desmond Noonan, who was stabbed to death earlier this year.Both brothers had appeared in a controversial television documentary about the Manchester criminal underworld in which Desmond hinted he was responsible for 27 murders.

Domenyk Lattlay-Fottfoy nine-and-a-half years

December, Noonan, who has changed his surname to Lattlay-Fottfoy, was jailed for nine-and-a-half years after he was found to have a handgun and five bullets in his car when he was stopped in Darlington.
He claims a man had planted the gun and ammunition in his car.
He is appealing after a jury at Teesside Crown Court convicted him of three firearms offences.
Domenyk Lattlay-Fottfoy, is the brother of murdered Manchester hardman Desmond Noonan, who was stabbed to death earlier this year also a member of the Noonans gangland family, was stopped in a Jaguar car by police near Darlington in May and found with a handgun and five .357 Magnum bullets.
A jury at Teesside Crown Court found the 41-year-old guilty of possession of a firearm, possessing a firearm without a certificate and having a firearm and ammunition in his possession.
Both brothers had appeared in a controversial television documentary about the Manchester criminal underworld in which Desmond hinted he was responsible for 27 murders.

Dr Rudolf Peitel, HMP Holme House

Dr Rudolf Peitel, who worked at Holme House Prison, in Stockton, was convicted in 1993 of trying to bring firearms into Germany from Pakistan.
Peitel, 57, later came to the UK to practise and took on roles through an agency.
The hearing concluded yesterday that the convictions meant Peitel's fitness to practise in the UK was impaired.
He was suspended from the medical register after the hearing yesterday.
The court heard how Peitel arranged for the gadgets - a single-shot gun that looks like a pen used by spies and assassins - to be posted to the home of a friend in Germany.
But Peitel was arrested and five ball-point pen guns were intercepted after he was reported to police. Peitel escaped with a fine of DM12,000 (£3,800) in June 1993.
Three years later, the father-of-one received a six-month suspended sentence after attempting to con a business partner out of DM55,000 (£19,000).

Paul Allan Firth , Debra James

Paul Allan Firth and his partner Debra James in Oliver Street, South Bank, in the raids.In the first, officers found 60g, worth £600, in a child’s jacket pocket, with smaller amounts in the kitchen, said prosecutor Shaun Dodds.While the couple were on bail, the house was searched again almost seven months later.Another £500 of the drug was found in a pillow case, as well as scales, bags and phones.Firth, 35, and James, 39, each admitted two charges of possessing a Class B drug with intent to supply.Firth alone admitted the same charge for the third raid.

Jamie Dawson, 19

Dawson, of Gilpin Road, Thornaby, admitted possession of a Class A drug. 12-month conditional discharge

Kevin Tymon

Kevin Tymon, 34, ran a “corner shop” with users sent to his home at Elm House Apartments in Stockton, said a Teesside Crown Court judge.
Prosecutor Sue Jacobs told how Tymon was involved in various exchanges of £5 wraps .

Mark Raymond Scott

Police executed a search warrant at his home in Belle Vue Court, Stockton, and found 247g of the drug with a street value of nearly £10,000. Teesside Crown Court heard that Scott was on licence at the time.He was jailed for four-and-a-half years.

Reginald “Shaggy” Johnson,Leanne McCaffery, Rhaul Warren

Crack cocaine dealer Reginald “Shaggy” Johnson has been arrested.
The drugs squad had been working to bring him to justice for five years and now knew he was going to prison for a long time.Middlesbrough drug dealer Reginald "Shaggy" Johnson and two more cogs in the town's supply chain have been jailed for a total of 12 years.
Johnson was a "prime mover" who employed and deployed runners in a crack cocaine "family business", Teesside Crown Court heard yesterday.
"I am satisfied that you were the leader of this enterprise," Judge David Bryant told him, jailing him for five years. "You had a flourishing retail business dealing in crack cocaine over a considerable period with a considerable number of customers."
He told Johnson's 33-year-old girlfriend and drug runner Leanne McCaffery: "Yours was a lesser role but you were an enthusiastic participant in this drug dealing business."
She was imprisoned for four years, and Rhaul Warren, 21, for three years. Johnson and McCaffery, both of Essex Street, and Warren, of Falmouth Street, all admitted conspiring to supply Class A drugs between August 15 and December 1 last year.

Shafiq Aziz, Liaquet Ali ,Damion Clenaghan

Shafiq Aziz, Liaquet Ali and Damion Clenaghan, all of Middlesbrough.
Aziz, 3839 on Nov 24, of Fountains Drive, Ali, 49, of Clifton Street, and Clenaghan, 22, of Cobham Street, are jointly charged with conspiring with three others to produce cannabis between December 1 last year and May 22 this year.
Aziz is also accused of possessing a Class B controlled drug, amphetamine, and having custody or control of counterfeit currency.
In May, police swooped on 11 properties in Middlesbrough.
They discovered an “industrial scale” cannabis farm in a property in Longlands Road.
Earlier this week police carried out more raids in the town, including two business premises in Parliament Road.

Alan Horden

Alan Horden, 49, was caught at his home in Somerset Street, Middlesbrough with 2.14g of heroin, worth £214 on the street

Jamie Scoon

Scoon, , of Myrtle Grove, Thornaby, admitted two charges of supplying a Class A drug and two of possession with intent to supply.

Darren Elgey ,Lindsey Robson,Carl Steele ,Joanne Dowd

jailed Darren Elgey for four years.
Elgey, 37, of Yarm Road, was seen dealing heroin wraps in March and April this year.
Lindsey Robson and Carl Steele were not far behind him, said the judge, using various Stockton locations for dealing.
Some drugs and cash changed hands at 27-year-old Steele’s home in Shaftesbury Street and a nearby phone kiosk.
Robson, 26, of Waverley Street, took part in some of those deals in the “regular retail market”, and in more drops with her “on-off” boyfriend Elgey.
Elgey, Robson and Steele all admitted conspiracy to supply heroin.
Elgey and Robson also admitted possession of heroin with intent to supply from April 12, when they were caught at a home in Wellington Street with 10 wraps of the drug.
Judge Spittle jailed Robson and Steele for three years each.
Steele’s girlfriend Joanne Dowd, 27, also of Shaftesbury Street admitted being concerned in drugs supply. For her “lesser role”, the judge jailed her for 18 months.

Noboru Ikemoto,Seiha Fujima,Hiroki Fukawa

Japanese death sentences: Noboru Ikemoto, 75, who was hanged in the western metropolis of Osaka, and Seiha Fujima, 47, and Hiroki Fukawa, 42, who were executed in Tokyo, a justice ministry statement said.

Executed in public

four men were hanged for drug trafficking in the city of Bojnord in the Northern Khorasan Province in Iran.
The court order for one the convicts, who had criminal record of dealing drugs, adultery and smuggling alcohol, was executed in public. The three others were hanged in the prison area.

Morocco has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty

Morocco's justice minister says his country is on the verge of abolishing capital punishment.
The country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty. Since 1973, only two of 133 people sentenced to death have been executed, the last in 1993. Abolition of capital punishment would help Morocco acquire advanced status with the European community, Moroccan officials have said

Son La , Hoa Binh provinces eight people sentenced to Death

Vietnamese court sentenced eight people to death for smuggling heroin, raising to 35 the number of people put on death row within two weeks for trafficking the drug.
A court clerk says a 10 day Hanoi trial found 26 drug smugglers guilty of trafficking or selling a total of more 50 kgs of heroin.
Eight defendants received life terms, and the others were jailed for between 15 and 20 years. The 35 year old female ringleader was among those sentenced to death by firing squad for trafficking more than 36 kgs of heroin between 1998 and February 2006.
The gang had brought the heroin from the northern mountainous Son La, Hoa Binh provinces, near the Lao border, to sell to users

Hao Chen, Bai Yingna ,Han Tao

a gang of six people were given sentences ranging from death to 15 years in jail for trafficking drugs, according to a ruling handed down by a court in northeast China's Liaoning Province. According to the investigation of the Jinzhou Intermediate People's Court, Hao Chen, the ringleader, and Bai Yingna bought 330 grams of methamphetamine, commonly known as "ice", in southern Guangdong Province in December 2006 and then sold the drug in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province.
In March this year, Hao, together with Bai and her boy friend Han Tao, went to Guangzhou and bought 900 methamphetamine tablets, also known as "Yaba", from a person surnamed Duan. The next day, they bought more than 400 grams of "ice" and 400 Yaba tablets from a person nicknamed "Gan Hong", with the aid of another two accomplices Feng Zhiyong and Lao Guixin. The day after, they bought 497 more grams of Yaba tablets from Deng Jianlin.
The court sentenced Hao Chen and Han Tao to death and life imprisonment for trafficking 1,380 grams and 1,050 grams of ice