Johann Dupleiss was found to be carrying cocaine valued at €142,000 internally when he was searched at Dublin Airport

Johann Dupleiss (aged 41) was found to be carrying cocaine valued at €142,000 internally and inside the lining of a briefcase when he was searched at Dublin Airport on his way to England after travelling from Kenya.Dupleiss, of Laurimen Road, Penhill, Stellaback, Capetown, pleaded guilty to possession of the drugs at Dublin Airport on June 5, 2007. He had no previous convictions.Judge Patrick McCartan imposed a sentence of four years imprisonment, backdated to the date of his arrest.Sergeant Martin Halpin told Mr Remy Farrell BL, prosecuting, that 1.84 kilograms of cocaine was found by Customs and Excise officials inside the lining of a briefcase carried by Dupleiss. He volunteered that he had also swallowed 20pellets which were recovered via a "dry toilet" facility.
Sgt Halpin said the total amount of cocaine recovered was 2,038 grams with a street value of €142,000.Dupleiss told gardaí he believed he had swallowed pellets containing gold and that the suitcase contained confidential documents for a man in the United Kingdom which was his ultimate destination.Dupleiss said he had became friends with a man in Nairobi who had asked him to transport the items for a fee of Stg£1,500 (€1,866) and he agreed, as he was under financial pressure due to his girlfriend’s pregnancy and his mother’s illness.Mr Timothy O'Leary SC (with Mr Niall Nolan BL), defending Dupleiss, said his client "simply wished to serve the sentence that the court imposes, survive the sentence, and go back to Africa".
He said his client had cooperated as fully as he could with gardaí and had entered an early guilty plea.Mr O'Leary asked Judge McCartan to note that Dupleiss had been assessed to have a "significant suicide risk" due to depression, complications with a malarial illness and being in custody away from home.

Five men and a woman were arrested yielding a considerable amount of cocaine and heroin

Five men and a woman were arrested over the past few days in three operations which yielded a considerable amount of cocaine and heroin, the police said. In the first operation, some 300 grams of heroin were found on Friday hidden in 30 capsules. A 31-year-old man from Kirkop was arrested after a car chase which saw two police cars damaged. The police explained that early on Friday afternoon members of the Drug Squad saw a man who was already known to them acting suspiciously as he drove a Mercedes near the Bulebel traffic lights. The police tried to stop his but he escaped, damaging a police car in the process. The police followed in a high speed chase towards Ghaxaq and they eventually stopped him at Zejtun where he damaged another police vehicle, as well as his own. The second drugs discovery was made on Saturday when a Brazilian was intercepted by customs officers and members of the Police Drug Squad upon arriving on a flight from Rome. The man was found to be carrying 26 capsules with 260 grams of cocaine. The Brazilian was arraigned in court and pleaded not guilty. He has been remanded in custody.
Last night a 24-year-old Nigerian carrying a Spanish ID card was arrested at the airport after he was found carrying more than 800 grams of heroin. The police later arrested two Nigerian men and a woman in connection with this case.

Ijaz Rahim pleaded guilty to importing the class A drug from Pakistan.

Ijaz Rahim, 25, studying for a management diploma at Yorkshire College in Manningham Lane, was desperate to raise cash to pay his second year fees, Bradford Crown Court heard.Undercover officers intercepted the package of heroin and substituted the drug for sugar and flour before putting the parcel into his hands.Rahim pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to importing the class A drug from Pakistan.The student, whom the court was told to be of "impeccable character", was sentenced to six years and eight months in jail.The court heard he fell prey in a moment of weakness to accepting delivery of the heroin, with a street value of up to £90,000.Prosecutor Tom Storey said the Serious Organised Crime Agency intercepted the parcel after it arrived in the country on November 23 last year. It was addressed to a property in Hollins Street, Girlington, Bradford.Officers replaced 16 packages of heroin in the parcel with a mixture of sugar and flour.The 4.41 kilograms of heroin seized had a 62 per cent purity.An undercover officer delivered the package and Rahim answered the door and took it, Mr Storey said.Rahim, of Hanover Square, Manningham, was also linked to a property in Northampton Street, Bradford, the court heard.Before the delivery, Rahim received a text message alerting him to details of four parcels, it was alleged.But Mr Storey stressed there was no evidence Rahim received any other drugs consignments.He said another package of heroin was delivered to an address in Thursby Street, Barkerend, Bradford.A test purchase officer took it to the door after that delivery was also intercepted.Mr Storey said the Serious Organised Crime Agency took over the inquiry from West Yorkshire Police."The Crown says it is part and parcel of a wider picture," he told the court.Judge Roger Scott said: "I call it a conspiracy because that is in essence what it is."Nick de Lapoer, Rahim's barrister, said the student was having difficulty paying his fees while on an educational visa.He worked at a Bradford takeaway called Posh Nosh to boost his income but, said Mr de Lapoer, he borrowed cash from a man and "accepts he knew he was to be involved in a conspiracy"."He found himself impecunious and in the financial power of someone else and he was weak," he added.Mr de Lapoer conceded Rahim prevaricated with the police and his probation officer."He is a young man who found himself in a terrible position facing a very lengthy term of imprisonment," he said.Judge Scott said although it may seem a "mundane" way to smuggle drugs into the UK, very many items arrived in packages from Pakistan.The judge said the heroin had a street value of between £60,000 and £90,000."We are awash with cocaine and heroin in West Yorkshire, as they are in other parts of the world, and courts must send a message out that drug crime is not worth it," he said.The judge said Rahim was "at the end of the line" of the chain."In other areas, you would be described as a mug, but even mugs caught importing heroin get sent to custody for a long time," Judge Scott said.

Megan Spychalski,Daryl Griffin are charged with first-degree reckless homicide and face up to 40 years in prison.

Megan Spychalski, 20, of West Allis, and Daryl Griffin, 51, of Milwaukee are charged in Grabowski's death.Bryan Grabowski went to sleep on a futon in his girlfriend's bedroom Monday and never woke up.body bore a single but, for police, all too familiar mark: a small puncture wound on his right arm between the bicep and forearm. Spychalski is charged with selling Grabowski the heroin that killed him. Griffin is charged with selling Spychalski the heroin she sold to her friend. Both are charged with first-degree reckless homicide and face up to 40 years in prison.



According to the criminal complaints:Grabowski, 21, lived in Florida and was staying with Spychalski while visiting family and friends in Wisconsin.Spychalski told investigators that she began injecting heroin in November. On Monday, a day after Grabowski arrived in West Allis, he asked her if she would buy some for him.Spychalski called Griffin, picked him up and together they drove to a gas station on Milwaukee's north side. Griffin came out of the gas station with half a gram of heroin for her and half a gram for himself. She paid him $100.Griffin shot up as Spychalski drove him back to the city's south side. After she dropped him off, she drove a few blocks, pulled over and shot up.She told investigators the heroin was stronger than she was used to and she immediately threw up.Spychalski drove home and sold Grabowski what was left of her half gram. She left to get groceries, and when she returned, Grabowski was high. They went for a walk. Grabowski took the hypodermic needle he had used, broke it in half and threw it into someone's yard.
They came home. Grabowski went to sleep.On Thursday, Spychalski, cooperating with police, called Griffin and told him she wanted to buy more heroin.They met in a car at S. 49th St. and W. National Ave. Police recorded their conversation."My guy wants to know if it's the same stuff as last time," Spychalski told Griffin."It's better," he said.

Osvaldo Aldrete Davila pleaded guilty to smuggling more than 100 kilos of marijuana

Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, 27, pleaded guilty to smuggling more than 100 kilos of marijuana in 2005. Aldrete faces a minimum mandatory sentence of five years and up to 40 years in prison and is scheduled for sentencing on July 16. Former agents Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos are serving prison terms for shooting Aldrete from behind while he was running back to Mexico during a failed smuggling run near Fabens in February 2005. Ramos and Compean were convicted of violating Aldrete's civil rights and of tampering with evidence for not reporting the shooting and because Compean picked up his shell casings. Their cases are on appeal."We waited for this time. We knew it would come. It's another step (in proving) my husband's innocence," Monica Ramos, the wife of Ignacio Ramos, said when she left the courthouse. U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, who has been criticized for the prosecution of Ramos and Compean, said in a news release that Aldrete was prosecuted because there was evidence."Just as Aldrete's illegal conduct did not excuse the crimes committed by Compean and Ramos, likewise, their crimes did not excuse his," Sutton said. "Compean and Ramos had their day in court and an El Paso jury convicted them after a two and half week long jury trial. Now, Aldrete has had his day in court and will soon be paying for his crimes."

Turkish security forces confiscated almost 22 kilograms of heroin

Turkish security forces confiscated almost 22 kilograms of heroin and 11.5 kilograms of hashish in two separate operations on Thursday. Counter-narcotic operations were staged in the northwestern provinces of Edirne and Bursa, police said. At Edirne's Pazarkule border crossing, police impounded almost 22 kilograms of heroin in a car destined for Greece. They detained the foreign driver. In a separate operation in Bursa, security forces seized 11.5 kilograms of hashish and arrested two people red-handed.

Arrested a Bangladeshi expatriate truck driver when he attempted to smuggle about 5.5 kilogram of heroin

Al-Abdali Customs officials recently arrested a Bangladeshi expatriate truck driver when he attempted to smuggle about 5.5 kilogram of heroin into the country.
Security reports said customs officials found the stuff when searching the suspect truck at the border.

Vu Nang Sy, Nguyen Thi Ngoc and Vu Ngoc Viet were sentenced to death

Vu Nang Sy, Nguyen Thi Ngoc and Vu Ngoc Viet were sentenced to death. According to prosecutors, the criminals sold large quantities of drugs on 14 occasions from mid 2004 to April 2006, when they were arrested.
Bac Giang People’s Court on Wednesday sentenced three drug traffickers to death, gave four life in jail – and a total of 122 years in prison to another 13.

Three members of a Limerick gang and a well known Dublin based drug trafficker arrested with at least 1kg of heroin

Gardai have smashed a major drug deal in Dublin, seizing at least 1kg of heroin estimated to be worth around €200,000.The deal, which involved three members of a Limerick gang and a well known Dublin based drug trafficker, was intercepted by Gardai from the National Drugs Unit on the Naas Road.The three were in Dublin to collect the drugs when the Garda Drugs Unit, assisted by Limerick Gardai, made the arrests. Three are being detained at Clondalkin Garda station while another is being held at Tallaght Garda station.One of the arrested is thought to be a woman.The woman and two of the men being held at Clondalkin Garda station are due before Kilmainham District Court Monday morning.All four are believed to be aged between 28 and 42 years old.On Friday Gardai in Clare seized €53,000 worth of cannabis, ecstasy and amphetamines during raids in Ennis.

Taiwanese woman has been stopped allegedly attempting to smuggle up to 3.5kg of cocaine into Australia in Peruvian handicrafts

Australian Customs and the Australian Federal Police have once again intercepted a traveller who allegedly felt that she could outsmart a customs dog, a drug particle detector and human intelligence.

A 25-year-old Taiwanese woman has been stopped allegedly attempting to smuggle up to 3.5kg of cocaine into Australia in Peruvian handicrafts.The woman arrived at Brisbane International Airport on a flight from Santiago, Chile, via Auckland on Friday 18 April.A Customs detector dog reacted positively to the woman when she left the aircraft.An x-ray of her bags by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service also led to a referral to Customs.During questioning Customs officers became suspicious of a series of wall hangings in the woman's bags. When x-rayed, a possible concealment in the frames of the hangings was detected.A trace particle detection test also indicated the possible presence of cocaine.
The woman was referred to the Australian Federal Police, who charged her with importing a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug contrary to section 307.2 of the Criminal Code Act 1995.The woman appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Saturday, 19 April and was remanded in custody to reappear on 30 May 2008.
The maximum penalty for this offence is life imprisonment and/or a $825,000 fine.

Scott Miller,Mark Catchpole former Olympic swimmer and rugby star was part of a much bigger investigation into a suspected massive drug syndicate

police had been watching former swimmer Scott Miller, 33, of Dee Why, and rugby star Ken Catchpole's son Mark, 40, of Seaforth, for two years.But while the arrests, which linked both men to a pill press found in a Brookvale storage unit, came as a shock to Australia's swimming community, it did not surprise numerous Northern Beaches locals that rumours abounded about Miller having a pill press and producing illicit pills to pay off debt.
In the past several years Miller was linked to numerous firms including being director of a horseracing syndicate. Locals said Miller fled his Dee Why unit amid intense media interests and was possibly staying with relatives in the area.
Miller is required to report to police daily as a part of his bail conditions.

Firas Faisal al-Aghbar ,Firas Hussein Maktabi were executed for drug smuggling in the northwestern city of Tabuk

Firas Faisal al-Aghbar and Firas Hussein Maktabi were found guilty of taking delivery of a shipment of hallucinogenic drugs and were executed in the northwestern city of Tabuk, said a ministry statement carried by the official SPA news agency.Meanwhile, Saudi Abdul Rahman al-Zahrani was convicted of kidnapping and raping a female expatriate while his compatriot Abdul Rahman al-Fifi was found guilty of aiding and facilitating the attack.Both of them soldiers, they had stopped an expatriate who was in a car with his 20-year-old daughter and ordered him to step down, terrorising him with their military identification cards, SPA said.
Zahrani drove away with the victim's car and daughter, while Fifi held the father at knifepoint in another car, allowing his accomplice to head to a deserted area where he raped the woman. They were both executed in Riyadh.The executions bring to 49 the number announced by Saudi Arabia this year.

Philip Bennett a Briton, who faces up to 315 years in prison and deportation, is to be sentenced May 20.

Tone Grant, 64, guilty of conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering.U.S. District Judge Naomi Buchwald set sentencing for Aug. 7. He faces up to life in prison.Refco, once among the largest independent U.S. futures traders, collapsed in bankruptcy in October 2005, shortly after it went public. The case has drawn comparisons with the furor over a massive accounting fraud that drove telecommunications company WorldCom Inc. into bankruptcy.
Grant was the lone top executive to face trial. His colleagues in the executive suite, former Refco CEO Philip Bennett and former chief financial officer Robert Trosten, pleaded guilty in February.
"It was just a question of what Tone knew and how he knew it," juror Peter Smalley told reporters outside the courtroom. Asked about Bennett, who did not testify but was a central figure in the trial, Smalley replied, "He's a big crook."
Refco and 23 affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October 2005, a week after revealing that Bennett had hidden $430 million of bad customer debt. It later liquidated its operations.
Bennett, a Briton, who faces up to 315 years in prison and deportation, is to be sentenced May 20.

Jason Young,James Scarciglia ,Alister Morin are due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey today when the prosecution will decide whether to retry Quick.

Jason Young, aged 37 of Bath Road was arrested along with four other men, when police stopped a 30 tonne truck in a lay-by off the Dartford Tunnel appraoch road.
The five men are accused of trying to smuggle 42kg of cocaine in a truck full of Bordeaux wine.
Young admitted possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply.
Two other men - 30-year-old James Scarciglia from north west London and Michael Linker, aged 37, from Bristol - also admitted the charge.
Alister Morin, 34, from Essex - who acted as a middle man and lookout during the handover - pleaded not guilty but was convicted by a jury of the same charge.
A fifth man - lorry driver David Quick, 26, from Essex - also pleaded not guilty and could face a retrial, after a jury failed to reach a decision.
The four men are due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey today when the prosecution will decide whether to retry Quick.

Jamie Lee Lang was back in jail after an undercover sting snared her, for a second time, selling dope.

Jamie Lee Lang received four years probation for running a heroin dealing business from the home where she lived with her two young children. On Wednesday, the Richlandtown woman was back in jail after an undercover sting snared her, for a second time, selling dope. Lang, 29, and alleged accomplice Allen Klein, 53, of Feasterville, were incarcerated on 10 percent of $50,000 bail — $5,000 – following their arrest in Perkasie. Klein was with Lang when she sold 26 bags of heroin for $340 around 4 p.m. to a confidential informant outside the Tidal Wave Car Wash on South Ninth Street, police said. Lang, of 115 East Cherry Street, now faces a possible stint in state prison for violating her probation, said Detective Donald Bender of the Quakertown Borough Police Department, which collaborated on the arrests with the Pennsylvania State Police Bethlehem Troop M Vice Unit.Lang was last busted in an under cover operation on July 19 when police raided her home and found $3,301 and 102 bags of heroin. The raid was prompted after Lang sold $180 worth of heroin on two occasions, June 26 and July 19, to an informant at her home where she lived with her children, then ages 4 and 6. Lang pleaded guilty to drug dealing charges in November and was sentenced on March 14. Bender said the two children are staying with Lang’s mother. Lang and Klein were charged with delivery of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, criminal use of a communication facility and criminal conspiracy.

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

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

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

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

Hayden Reginald Van Dijk jailed for six years

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

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

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

The 18-wheeler was heading north on Interstate 65 near Priceville when it was pulled over. A routine inspection led police to believe the truck was carrying contraband, and a drug-sniffing dog alerted that drugs were present, Johnson said.Highway interdiction agents from the Madison-Morgan County Strategic Counterdrug Team arrested Jose G. Martinez Vazquez, 39, and Aldo Raymundo Garza, 37, and charged them with trafficking in cocaine.
The suspects are from Brownsville, Texas, and investigators believe the two men were headed for Chicago, Johnson said.They are being held in the Morgan County Jail.

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

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

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

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

Robert Carlson, once a petty officer aboard HMCS Saskatoon

Robert Carlson, once a petty officer aboard HMCS Saskatoon who has since been released from the military, had also been charged with one count of trafficking cocaine, but that charge was dropped.Carlson admitted today that he used cocaine on his off-days, and also knew that two of his subordinates were also doing so. His sentence will be decided later today.Carlson is one of four crew members from the Saskatoon charged after a military undercover sting targeted the warship in early 2006. He was the most senior, and the last, to face court martial. All four have been released from the military.His court martial was delayed last October after his lawyer withdrew from the case citing a conflict of interest - a colleague of the lawyer had represented Jason Ennis, another member of the Saskatoon crew earlier in2007. In addition to Carlson and Ennis, who was found guilty of drug use and fined $2,000 in August, two other crew members were charged. Sonya Robert, a 27-year-old ship's cook, was fined $500 and handed a 30-day suspended sentence in April after she sold half a gram of cocaine to an undercover military officer at a private residence in Victoria in January 2006.Brenda Murley, a 28-year-old deckhand, pleaded guilty to trafficking charges in February. She was fined $500 and given a 15-day suspended sentence.Military officials have said that drugs were not being used on board the ship or imported across borders

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

Neil Scott, 31, at the High Court in Edinburgh that he was "most unfortunately the author of his own misfortune".At an earlier hearing, Scott, of Kingsfield, Linlithgow, admitted being concerned in the supply of the drug at his home between June and September last year.He had been given cocaine to sell on three or four occasions said defence QC Paul McBride.Scott had run up gambling debts of about £4000 and fell into company where cocaine was used."It was suggested to him by one of the persons to whom he required to repay money that he could clear his debt if he became involved for a brief time in selling cocaine."Scott was now receiving help for his gambling addiction, the court heard. At the High Court in Edinbrugh, Lord Brailsford told Scott the case was "tragic" but the court had to take a serious view.

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

allegations of selling the heroin at the university.Investigators said undercover officers interrupted a drug sale in a campus parking lot, at which time, they seized the heroin, 1.7 grams of marijuana and a scale.State police identified those arrested as Stephen H. Laurencin, 19, and Alimahad A. Isa, 21, both of Hartford.Laurencin remains held on $150,000 bond on charges of possession of heroin, possession of heroin with intent to sell, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.Isa remains held on $25,000 bond on charges of conspiracy to possess heroin, conspiracy to sell heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia.Two young men were arrested Tuesday night at the University of Connecticut after state police undercover detectives interrupted a drug transaction in a campus parking lot and seized 200 bags of heroin, state police said.The arrests occurred shortly after 8 p.m. during the undercover operation by the statewide narcotics task force and UConn police.Stephen H. Laurencin, 19, of 123 Clark St., Hartford was charged with possession of heroin and possession with intent to sell heroin , police said. He was being held on $150,000 bond.Alimahad A. Isa, 21, of 83 Mayflower St., West Hartford, was charged with conspiracy to possess heroin, and conspiracy to sell heroin, state police said. He was being held on $25,000 bond. Both men were also charged with possession of marijana and drug paraphernalia.Laurencin and Isa were arraigned today in Superior Court in Rockville. Laurencin's bond was raised to $200,000 while Isa's remained at $25,000.
State and UConn police conducted the investigation after learning that the suspects were bringing heroin from Hartford to distribute on the UConn campus, police said.
Also seized was 1.7 grams of marijuana and a scale. The estimated street value of the drugs is about $3,000, police said.
The suspects are students at the university.

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

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



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

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

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

James K. Goodwin, 26, and Justin D. Bryant, 20, have each been charged with possession of cocaine with intent to traffic and one count of conspiracy. Bryant also faces a charge of tampering with evidence.
The investigation was conducted by the Las Cruces Police Department's TNT (Targeting Neighborhood Threats) unit and the Las Cruces-Doña Ana County Metro Narcotics Agency. Additional charges — including federal drug trafficking charges — are pending.A search warrant was served Friday at Bryant's residence on Diamante Court during which investigators allegedly found cocaine, drug paraphernalia and more than $4,000 in cash. Bryant and Goodwin were both arrested at that location.
Bryant is being held at the Dona Ana County Detention Center with bond set at $30,000. Goodwin is being held on a $25,000 bond.

Kuo Ting Liu,Huang Yu Lum

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

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

John Drutherosky, of Archbald, Frank Howe, of Moscow, and Jessica White, of Carbondale, were each arrested and charged with heroin possession with intent to deliver, a first-degree felony. Police said Ms. White was wanted by Scranton police for a prior charge of cocaine possession.Mr. Drutherosky, driver of the Chevrolet Silverado, was flagged by police at 11:30 p.m. near the Central Scranton Expressway. Police said they confiscated three syringe needles and a glass crack pipe.
All three suspects were remanded to Lackawanna County Prison, where Mr. Howe is being held on $50,000 bail and Ms. White on $100,000 for two charges.

Indian Point Nuclear cocaine testing

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