Percy Hawatha Cloud,Antonia Barrera, Seberiano Julian Rodriquez,Richard Lee Watts Jr., Carlos Humberto Flores,Arrested

Arrested Percy Hawatha Cloud, 52, of 200 Madi Court in Winston-Salem; Maria Antonia Barrera, 34, of Greensboro; Seberiano Julian Rodriquez, 30, of Greensboro; 34, of Greensboro; and Richard Lee Watts Jr., 49, of 2800 N. Patterson Ave. in Winston-Salem.A Winston-Salem police officer accused each of them of attempting to possess 14 ounces of cocaine, arrest warrants say.Flores was being held last night in the Forsyth County Jail, with bond set at $300,000. Being held on $250,000 bond each were Cloud, Barrera, Rodriquez and Watts.

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Demetrius Thomas was sentenced to almost six years in prison for dealing crack cocaine

Demetrius Thomas, 28,a Huntington man was sentenced to almost six years in prison for dealing crack cocaine.after he admitted that he sold 6.72 grams of crack cocaine to a confidential informant working with the Huntington Drug & Violent Crime Task Force for $150 in Huntington, the release states.U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers sentenced Thomas to 70 months in prison

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Toby Jermaine Person agents searched his vehicle and hotel room, they found 59 grams of crack cocaine, 14 grams of powder cocaine

Toby Jermaine Person, 32, of Columbus, pleaded guilty to the drug charge in July, the news release said. On July 31, 2006, officers with the Parkersburg Narcotics Task Force apprehended Person after a traffic stop that led to a foot chase in Parkersburg, according to the release.When agents searched his vehicle and hotel room, they found 59 grams of crack cocaine, 14 grams of powder cocaine, 1.8 kilograms of marijuana, 148 ecstasy pills and more than $8,000, the release states.
Chief U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin imposed the sentence.

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2.3kg cocaine worth €161,000 seized in the possession of a 44-year-old Dutch man

About 2.3kg of the drug was found in plastic packaging concealed in the back support of a haversack in the possession of a 44-year-old Dutch man. The man had arrived on a flight from Amsterdam, after travelling from Quito, Ecuador. Officers from Revenue's Customs Service seized cocaine worth €161,000 at Dublin Airport yesterday.The man was detained and questioned by the Garda Drugs Unit in Santry, and was due to appear in Dublin District Court this afternoon. The latest seizure brings to €6 million the value of drugs seized by officers of Revenue's Customs Service at Dublin Airport.

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Hisham Bennink pleaded guilty to selling cocaine to undercover police officers

Hisham Bennink pleaded guilty to selling cocaine to undercover police officers in Greater Victoria on four separate occasions, said his lawyer Geofrey Simair.21-year-old Victoria man, charged along with five others in connection with a "dial-a-dope" crack cocaine operation, has been sentenced to six months in jail.Bennink, who was arrested in August, was credited with 108 days in jail. He must serve a further 72 days.

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Grant Emery,Prosecutors allege Emery distributed about a half-ounce of cocaine on Feb. 19 and about an ounce on April 24.

Grant Emery, 25, who was in state custody, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to a two-count indictment. Prosecutors allege Emery distributed about a half-ounce of cocaine on Feb. 19 and about an ounce on April 24.He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine if convicted. Emery remains in custody.
The case will be heard by Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull.

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John Guarneri,a police lieutenant with the city Sanitation Department, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine

John Guarneri, 31, of Pleasant Plains, a police lieutenant with the city Sanitation Department, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, according to a federal complaint filed in Brooklyn federal court. Guarneri was also identified by law enforcement officials as the nephew of "Mafia Cop" Louis Eppolito, the former NYPD detective convicted in 2006 of taking part in eight mob murders. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month that Eppolito and ex-partner Stephen Caracappa, formerly of Great Kills, can be sentenced on a racketeering conspiracy conviction. According to Brooklyn defense attorney Ken Montgomery, Guarneri was held yesterday pending the completion of a bail package.
"I don't think he is a major player," Montgomery said outside court. Guarneri joined the Department of Sanitation in April 2000, according to an agency spokesman.
Sanitation spokeswoman Kathy Dawkins said Guarneri was considered absent without leave yesterday when he didn't show up for work. The scene is a far cry from 2005, when Guarneri was honored for on-the-job heroics for saving a man from being beaten on a Brooklyn street. On Aug. 9, 2005, while on routine patrol in Brooklyn, Guarneri noticed a 68-year-old man being spat on, slapped and assaulted with a baseball bat; he subdued and held the assailant until police arrived and arrested him.
According to the FBI, the cocaine was kept in the basement of the Sikorski Meat Market, a popular Eastern European specialty store on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint. Employee Andrzej Filipkowski, 40, was charged with using the Sikorski market as a base of operations for drug sales. According to the federal complaint, Filipkowski called the cocaine "hot kielbasa" and distributed it to other buyers.
The term for Slavic sausage was used by drug dealers to specify the 80 percent pure cocaine that federal investigators say is in demand throughout the metropolitan area.

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Malta International Airport,33-year-old Nigerian was arrested

A 33-year-old Nigerian was arrested on Thursday afternoon after he was found to be in possession of cocaine at the Malta International Airport, police said.The man, who resides in Valencia, Spain, was stopped by Members of the Drug Squad, in a joint-operation with personnel from the Customs Enforcement Unit, as he landed in Malta on a flight from Valencia.The police said that the man was stopped after he was deemed to be acting suspiciously. After undergoing a medical examination at Mater Dei Hospital, he was found to be carrying an amount of capsules in his stomach. In fact, the capsules were later found to contain cocaine.Duty Magistrate Dr Audrey Demicoli, who was informed about the case, appointed various experts to help conduct an inquiry.Police investigations are still under way and the man is expected to be arraigned today

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Micro Light aircraft revealed 10 bundles of marijuana with an estimated weight of 223 pounds pilot arrested.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s air operations spotted and interdicted an ultra-light aircraft Tuesday that illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexican border carrying approximately 223 pounds of marijuana. The smuggled drugs have an approximate street value of $180,000.A CBP helicopter was able to trail this light plane holding more than 200 pounds of marijuana where it was ditched in Arizona.CBP’s Air & Marine Operations Center in Riverside, Calif. Tuesday morning detected an unidentified northbound, low-flying aircraft 12 miles west of Nogales, Ariz. and just north of the border. A CBP surveillance helicopter from Tucson was launched and identified the airplane as an ultra-light aircraft. The ultra-light landed three miles southwest of Marana Regional Airport, Marana, Ariz. Once on the ground, the pilot attempted to abscond on foot. The CBP helicopter landed at the scene and apprehended the pilot, a Mexican national.
A search of the aircraft revealed 10 bundles of marijuana with an estimated weight of 223 pounds. A 2006 Kawasaki ATV was also found. The pilot, the aircraft, the marijuana and the ATV were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further investigation with the assistance from CBP Air and Marine.
CBP’s Air and Marine Operations Center spotted this light aircraft illegally enter the U.S. from Mexico. It was found to be smuggling marijuana.The Air & Marine Operations Center is a state-of-the-art, law enforcement radar surveillance facility that tracks and seeks to identify general aviation aircraft that are inbound to the United States, looking for drug smuggling or terrorist activity.CBP’s Office of Air and Marine protects the American people and critical infrastructure by using an integrated and coordinated air and marine force to detect, interdict and prevent acts of terrorism arising from unlawful movement of people, illegal drugs and other contraband moving toward or crossing the borders of the United States.

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Gareth Knott was found in possession of four bags of white powder when searched by police

Gareth Knott of Anstee Court, Leckwith, Cardiff, was found in possession of four bags of white powder when searched by police in June.A policeman had spotted Knott and two other men acting suspiciously in Cornwall Street, Grangetown, and decided to search them because they smelled of cannabis.In addition to the crack cocaine the policeman found a bag of cannabis in Knott’s pocket. Officers carried out a further search of Knott’s home, where they found five more bags of cocaine.During interviews with police, he admitted he was going to supply the drugs to his friends when they all went out to a nightclub.His barrister, Jodie McBride, told Cardiff Crown Court: “Mr Knott has no previous convictions whatsoever. But unfortunately he has now entered the criminal system at the highest level.”She said he had bought the drugs for £250 and intended to sell them to friends for £270. His barrister denied claims that Knott’s actions were the result of his girlfriend having a “responsible job”, which brought in more income than he earned.Sentencing him to two-and-a-half years in a young offenders’ institute, Judge Stephen Hopkins yesterday described him as a “low-level street dealer”.

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Leonel Tribilant, 38, Demetrius Gabriel, 21, Antonio Munnings, 20, and Kerlin Bellot, 29, have all been indicted on charges of possession of crack

Leonel Tribilant, 38, Demetrius Gabriel, 21, Antonio Munnings, 20, and Kerlin Bellot, 29, have all been indicted on charges of possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute. All four have past drug convictions and have recently had state drug trafficking charges dropped against them, according to Manatee County court records.In January, prosecutors declined to file cocaine trafficking charges against Tribilant. He had been arrested in a Bradenton Police drug sweep dubbed "Operation Broken Ice."Police detectives made numerous arrests in the sweep, but charges were dropped against several suspects after prosecutors said police did not provide enough evidence to get convictions.In Tribilant's case, police said they had recorded phone calls of him making drug deals. Prosecutors later ruled the phone calls were not enough to file charges.Court records show cocaine trafficking charges against Gabriel, Munnings and Bellot were also dropped.In March, Manatee County Sheriff's Office detectives stormed a house in the 700 block of 64th Avenue Terrace West, finding all three men.They also found more than 230 grams of crack cocaine in the house, in a hidden compartment below floorboards, according to sheriff's reports.
All three were arrested, but prosecutors dropped the charges because the drugs were not in plain view, therefore possession could not specifically be assigned to anyone in the house.But as local authorities arrested the men, federal authorities were also watching them, witnessing several crack cocaine drug deals since September 2007, according to the indictment.U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Steve Cole said authorities often ask for assistance in building drug cases."In the past few years, we have been reaching out to help local law enforcement agencies who come to us with people they are having a problem with," Cole said. "We have a pretty good track record of getting convictions in these cases. We are really trying to get the worst of the worst."

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Scotty Medford Ellis was charged Sunday when a police officer received a call about drug activity in the parking lot of Ingles on Barber Boulevard

Scotty Medford Ellis resigned Thursday after police over the weekend cited her with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.Ellis, who served as executive director of the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority since 1995, said her resignation would take effect Nov. 1. She declined to comment on the pending charges.“I am proud, as a native of Haywood County, to have helped make people throughout the Southeast aware of its beauty as a top vacation destination,” Ellis said. “I certainly hope the progress we have made over the last 13 year continues.”
Ellis was charged Sunday when a police officer received a call about drug activity in the parking lot of Ingles on Barber Boulevard. A witness called police after reportedly seeing a woman in a BMW put marijuana in a black bag before going into the store, according to a Police Department arrest report.The report states that the officer approached the woman, later determined to be Ellis, when she came out of the store and asked if he could search the black bag in her front seat. Ellis told the officer she would rather he not before relenting and handing him the bag. The officer opened the bag and found deodorizing spray and zip-closure plastic bags containing 1/2 ounce of marijuana, 1 gram of hashish and a glass pipe, according to the report.The officer gave Ellis a citation for misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.These charges come less than two months after Ellis pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor drug charges stemming from a Dec. 30 traffic stop. In that case a N.C. Highway Patrol trooper stopped Ellis for speeding and reported smelling marijuana. Ellis told police there was a small bag of marijuana in the front passenger seat and officers also discovered a glass pipe in the bag, according to a police report.
The TDA gets hotel occupancy taxes to fund tourism promotion.Ellis said she did not immediately know what she would do for work, but said she plans to “pursue other opportunities.”

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Adam Szendzielorz, of Essendon, and accomplice James Puentes, both 28, have each been sentenced to 10 years.

Adam Szendzielorz, of Essendon, and accomplice James Puentes, both 28, have each been sentenced to 10 years.They were caught after customs officers intercepted a kilo postal-package of the drug. It was addressed to a lavishly kitted out North London council flat the pair used as a base.They had arranged for the £86,000 parcel to be sent from Costa Rica. But it was intercepted in May at London's Mount Pleasant postal depot. Police swapped the contents with baby powder, and officers posed as couriers to deliver it to the flat. Puentes answered the door and Szendzielorz arrived minutes later.The men, sporting £6,000 worth of of Rolex watches between them, were arrested as they left the flat. Officers found another £10,000 worth of cocaine.The flat, sublet from a council tenant, was kitted out with a plasma television, iPod docks and a tropical fish tank, and there was £300 worth of Champagne stashed in the fridge. Szendzielorz, who has not paid tax for nine years, was carrying a rucksack with around £5,000 of cocaine stuffed inside.The new delivery was found unopened inside the property, and a further £4,500 of the drug was found in a draw in Puentes' bedroom, along with £600 cash and Puentes' Spanish passport.The pair, who have no previous relevant convictions, attended St Aloysius School in Highgate together.But Szendzielorz developed a cocaine habit after his mother died in early 2005.John Hunter, defending, said Szendzielorz took up dealing to fund a drug habit which he developed after his mother died in 2005.Szendzielorz, of Glebe Close, Essendon, and Puentes, of Kentish Town, north London, each denied importing cocaine.Szendzielorz denied converting criminal property but admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply in respect of the £10,000 cocaine haul.Puentes denied possessing and converting criminal property and possession with intent.They were convicted of all charges at Blackfriars Crown Court last month. Sentencing them last Thursday, judge Miss Recorder Joanna Korner QC, said: "Both of you have been engaged together in drug dealing for some time, certainly for a period of at least a year.

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Sergio Acevedo Silva sentenced to 11 years

Sergio Acevedo Silva to 11 years, three months in prison and five years of supervised release Thursday. Silva was convicted of possession of meth with the intent to distribute and being an alien in possession of a firearm, the U.S. Attorney's Office reported.Silva will likely be deported at the end of his prison sentence.Law enforcement officers arrested Silva on July 5, 2007 as part of an investigation by the Puyallup Police Department and Drug Enforcement Administration, according to a press release.Officers had seen Silva load items into a rented storage locker and then make what appeared to be several drug sales.When officers stopped him, Silva had more than $7,000 cash and a loaded handgun in his car, according to a press release. During a later search of the car and storage unit, officers found small quantities of meth, cocaine, heroin and marijuana as well as several flat screen TVs.Silva had a previous conviction in Pierce County for meth possession. After his release from custody, he was deported.

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Zechariah Benjamin found guilty gets life.

Zechariah Benjamin was found guilty in May of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine and distribution of more than five grams of crack. Benjamin had previously been convicted of felony drug offenses twice in Illinois. He was arrested during a search of a Cedar Rapids apartment last December. Trial testimony said that Benjamin was involved in the distribution of over 1 kilogram of crack in Cedar Rapids last year. Benjamin was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids.

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Travis Henry put his house up as collateral for a $360,000 secured bond and will post another $40,000 as an unsecured bond.

Travis Henry put his house up as collateral for a $360,000 secured bond and will post another $40,000 as an unsecured bond. He is scheduled it be released on bail sometime Thursday will he remain on house arrest.Henry will face a Montana judge on federal conspiracy drug charges.The Former Denver Broncos running-back, was arrested October 2, for trafficking cocaine and marijuana that was allegedly headed to Billings for distribution.The U-S Attorney's office announced Monday afternoon that Henry and James Mack, 29, will make their initial appearances in Montana Federal Court. That date has not yet been set.U.S. Magistrate Kristen Mix ordered the case to be moved to Billings and set Henry's bail at $400,000.Henry faces one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession with intent sell.Court documents trace the case back to a Sept. 16 traffic stop along Interstate 90 about twenty miles east of Billings.When the Montana Highway Patrol and a DEA agent searched the vehicle, they found a black duffle bag that contained three kilograms of cocaine and six pounds of marijuana, according to court documents.Under questioning, one of the vehicle's occupants told authorities he was traveling to Billings to deliver the drugs to a Billings resident. He agreed to become an informant in the case and implicated Henry and Mack as those behind the operation.The U.S. Attorney's office said Henry and Mack were informed of the charges against them and will enter a plea in Billings.If convicted, Henry could face up to life in prison and a $4 million fine

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Ramiro Vanoy Murillo and Francisco Javier Zuluaga Lindo sentenced to more than 24 years in prison and Zuluaga Lindo to just under 22 years.

Vanoy Murillo was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison and Zuluaga Lindo to just under 22 years. They are the first of 14 warlords extradited in May to be sentenced to federal prison.The men were leaders of Colombia's right-wing United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, known by its Spanish acronym AUC. The AUC has been blamed for hundreds of killings, kidnappings and other crimes considered some of the worst atrocities of Colombia's long-running civil conflict.Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said the 14 were sent to face U.S. justice because they were still committing crimes from inside Colombian prisons and had not paid restitution to their victims. They were yanked from their cells May 12 and flown as a group to the U.S. in a top-secret operation that surprised even prosecutors working to document paramilitary crimes in Colombia.The U.S. charges did not mention Colombian violence. Authorities focused on attempts by Vanoy Murillo, Zuluaga Lindo and many others to smuggle an estimated 20 tons of cocaine into the United States from December 1997 to November 1999.In court Thursday, Vanoy Murillo expressed "my remorse, my repentance" and again admitted his guilt."I am here to accept responsibility for my actions," he said in Spanish, according to a court interpreter.Zuluaga Lindo also said he was ready to accept Moore's sentence.U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta said the two were initially jailed Aug. 16, 2006, on Colombia arrest warrants issued at the request of U.S. authorities.U.S. prosecutors said Vanoy Murillo, also known as "Cuco," was a former commander of an AUC wing known as the "Bloque Mineros" — "Miners Bloc" in English — financed mainly by cocaine trafficking. Prosecutors said the group controlled many airstrips and cocaine production facilities in Colombia and provided security for other smugglers.Zuluaga Lindo, a large man nicknamed "El Gordo" — or "The Fat One" — disarmed with his group in August 2005. The moves were supposed to have protected them from extradition to the U.S. and assure them lesser prison terms in Colombia, in return for publicly confessing their crimes.In Colombia, authorities described Vanoy as a veteran drug trafficker and an ally in the 1980s of Colombia's most famous narco, Pablo Escobar. Vanoy had commanded an irregular army of some 1,000 men in a region where the paramilitaries killed hundreds, they said.Zuluaga Lindo is among drug traffickers who are believed to have paid millions of dollars for a paramilitary "franchise" so they could later take advantage of a government amnesty program that offered reduced sentences, those officials said. Zuluaga told Colombian prosecutors he was part of the AUC's political and financial wing and had no part in and did not order any killings.One other AUC member extradited in May — 47-year-old Diego Murillo — has pleaded guilty in New York federal court and is awaiting sentencing in December. The others are being prosecuted in Tampa, Washington and Houston.The Miami guilty pleas grew out of a huge federal investigation known as "Operation Millenium" that since 1999 has resulted in 38 convictions of drug traffickers and money launderers operating out of Colombia and also Mexico.The AUC was created two decades ago by landowners and cocaine cartels to battle leftist rebels who held sway over much of Colombia's countryside, though it quickly morphed into one of the country's biggest drug-trafficking organizations.Colombia's civil conflict is now in its fifth decade. More than 30,000 paramilitary fighters have demobilized since 2003 as part of a peace effort that saw many warlords surrender to the Colombian government.

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Richard Paul Hurley,was charged with trafficking in cocaine, conspiracy to traffic in cocaine and two counts possession for the purpose of trafficking

Richard Paul Hurley, 30, of Sault Ste. Marie, was charged with trafficking in cocaine, conspiracy to traffic in cocaine and two counts possession for the purpose of trafficking. Wendel Eino Maki, 53, of the Sault, was charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, possession of Oxycodone for the purpose of trafficking and possession of OxyContin for the purpose of trafficking. Police would not release the civic address of either accused.

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Leidimar Guedes faces charges of driving with a suspended license, resisting arrest, drug violation near a park or school zone

Narcotics detectives set up surveillance outside Café Belo at 120 Washington St., an area that drug dealing suspect Leidimar Guedes frequently visits, according to police.Detectives had obtained a Somerville District Court warrant to search Guedes and his car two days earlier, according to police reports.At about 7:30 p.m., Guedes drove up in his 2001 gray Acura on New Washington Street, parked on the side of the road and got out of the car.When detectives James Hyde and Detective Michael Brown exited their car with badges displayed, Guedes allegedly tried to run, but Hyde grabbed Guedes and wrestled him to the ground, according to police reports.
Hyde allegedly found three plastic bags of cocaine in Guedes’ left front pants pocket, and police also seized five separate stacks of cash totaling $478, a $100 check and a black Sprint Sanyo cell phone found in Guedes’ right front pocket.
When investigators searched Guedes’ gray 2001 Acura, they allegedly found a plastic sandwich bag containing seven plastic bags of cocaine under the driver’s floor mat. Cops also seized a Motorola Nextel cell phone and another Sprint Sanyo cell phone from Guedes’ car.
Police said Guedes’ money and his car would be subject to forfeiture proceedings due to the drug dealing charges.Guedes, 29, of 50 Cushing St., Medford, faces charges of driving with a suspended license, resisting arrest, drug violation near a park or school zone and Class B drug possession with intent to distribute.

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Anthony Swift admitted that he sold cocaine to fund his own habit

Anthony Swift admitted that he sold cocaine to fund his own habit - he bought the class A drug in bulk, and sold hundreds of pounds worth of the substance to acquaintances.Appearing at Ely courthouse on Thursday, 56-year-old Swift, of Victoria Street, Littleport, admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply, and possessing cannabis on August 7.When police went to Swift's flat, he handed over a blue tin of herbal cannabis and a pot containing cocaine, said prosecutor Yetunde Fawehinmi.A search of the property followed, and more drugs were found, along with a roll of banknotes.When arrested, Swift said he used herbal cannabis to help himself come off cocaine, and bought 0.75 of an ounce of cocaine for between £1,000 and £1,200. He reckoned that about £400 of the cash had come from selling cocaine.
Solicitor Adam Haselhurst said: "He tells me he had a serious cocaine habit for seven years, but has not taken any for the last eight weeks. He did have a habit that he had to fund."He was not selling for commercial gain, but to fund his own habit. He bought in bulk and sold to acquaintances, it was social supply rather than selling out on the street to all and sundry."Swift is in poor health, and suffers from emphysema, he said."Being arrested is perhaps the best thing that has happened to him, he is now engaged with the community drugs intervention programme."
The court committed Swift for sentence at Cambridge Crown Court.

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Austin, 26, and Tameka Shanta Goldstone were both jailed under $750,000 bonds after law enforcement seized about 56 grams of heroin and $3,000

Austin, 26, and Tameka Shanta Goldstone were both jailed under $750,000 bonds after law enforcement seized about 56 grams of heroin and $3,000 in currency from them, according to the police report. The corporal confirmed that both Ms. Goldstone and
Austin were in the car when the arrest occurred. Ms. Goldstone and Austin told police they were a couple, the narcotics corporal said. Investi-gators would not comment about the length of the investigation or facts not pertaining to a news release because the two arrests are part of an ongoing investigation. Future arrests related to the investigation are a possibility, the narcotics corporal said

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Terry McDonald was caught in a classroom trying to use heroin

Terry McDonald. was an art teacher at Bruns Avenue Elementary School until his arrest, followed by his resignation.
"It's a progressive illness and over years and years of lying and being dishonest about where you are, denying, it'll catch you one way or the other. I knew that was going to happen and it did," said McDonald.
It happened in June of 2007. Police say McDonald was caught in a classroom trying to use heroin. "When you're in full addiction, full blown addiction, if you miss your schedule that you have arranged for your body, you find yourself having to do things in very dangerous ways. And that's what I did," he said.
For him, that was rock bottom and what he needed to turn things around.
"I'm amazed that there is help for addicts who have to get help when they get it, which is usually getting in some trouble. Guess it had to happen that way," he said.
In a Mecklenburg County courtroom, McDonald accepted a plea deal. He pled guilty to felony possession of heroin, but got another possession of drug paraphernalia charge dismissed. He has also completed a drug treatment program since his arrest. "I can now say how much I deeply regret the stress I've caused the community, but particularly, the children,” McDonald said. But this wasn’t the first time he was arrested on drug-related charges. In 2005, he was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia in Buncombe County. "I respect teaching very much so another reason that I regret what happened," he said. As part of McDonald’s plea agreement, he won’t have to spend any time in jail, but he will have to serve 24 months of supervised probation.

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Albert Montoya Briseno was arrested for Possession of Heroin for Sales, Ex-Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Ex-Felon in Possession of Ammunition

Albert Montoya Briseno, Hispanic male, 52 years. As a result of the vehicle stop, CAL-MMET officers obtained a search warrant for Briseno's residence and business (C&F Automotive) located at 1109 Stockton. During the search officers located 20 grams of heroin, two firearms, and $3,030 in U.S. currency. Briseno was arrested for Possession of Heroin for Sales, Ex-Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Ex-Felon in Possession of Ammunition. Two additional suspects who were mechanics at the business identified as Luis Enrique Garzon Jr., Hispanic male, 42 years, and Joaquin Hernandez Mendoza, Hispanic male, 53 years, were arrested for being Under the Influence of a Controlled Substance. CAL-MMET (California Multi-Jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Team) is comprised of officers from the Kern County Sheriff's Department, Bakersfield Police Department, Shafter Police Department and Kern County Probation Department.

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Ryan Ashley Glenn, 30,is accused of possessing more than three grams of heroin he allegedly was planning to sell.

Ryan Ashley Glenn, 30, who taught at a high school and coached seventh-graders in the Frenship district southwest of Lubbock, was indicted Monday. He is accused of possessing more than three grams of heroin he allegedly was planning to sell.
A call to his attorney, Chuck Lanehart, was not immediately returned Tuesday.
Glenn was arrested July 31 after an employee at a commercial shipping store called police to say he’d found drugs in a box a man was trying to have sent in the mail.
Glenn, who had worked for the school district for two years, resigned the day after his arrest.Police have said they found heroin, other drugs and drug paraphernalia at Glenn’s apartment that day.Five days later, police seized 50 marijuana plants from a home owned by Glenn, police have said. Glenn was renovating the home at the time and wasn’t living there.Glenn posted $27,000 bond and was released from jail in August.

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Mario Berdiel, 57,pulled over by Lorain police after he was seen leaving a suspected drug house that narcotics officers had under surveillance.

Mario Berdiel, 57, was given intervention in lieu of conviction Monday after pleading guilty to possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia for his April arrest. If he completes one year of probation, the charges will be dropped, said his attorney, Mike Duff. Berdiel was pulled over by Lorain police after he was seen leaving a suspected drug house that narcotics officers had under surveillance. He was stopped after police saw him run a stop sign. Inside Berdeil’s vehicle, officers found a small bundle of heroin. Berdiel, who was hired by the city in January, was still in his probationary period and was immediately fired after his arrest. Duff said Berdiel is cleaning up his life. “He had an addiction problem,” he said. “He’s beaten it, and he’s going to stay clean and sober.”

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Arthur Ziegler,charged with fourth-degree felony possession of heroin and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia

Arthur Ziegler, 24, of Mansfield-Lucas Road, was charged with fourth-degree felony possession of heroin and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, police reported. Reports said officers found a crack pipe in Ziegler's pocket after he was stopped in the 200 block of Hedges Street.A police dog was summoned after syringes were spotted in the car, according to police reports. The suspected heroin, found under the seat, and crack pipe were turned into the crime lab.

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Emeka Ezennaya, Aliozor Jude Chinedu, Okechi Jude Eze, Anamodo John Paul and Chidike Deacon Okechukwu,arrested

Emeka Ezennaya, Aliozor Jude Chinedu, Okechi Jude Eze, Anamodo John Paul and Chidike Deacon Okechukwu. Others were Kingsley Ifeanyi, Onyemechi Ohakwe, Uche Teddy Egwuogu, and Ezenwankwo Albert. The suspects were between the age bracket of 21 and 44 years. Preliminary investigations conducted by the agency revealed that five of the suspects were living in Europe as unskilled labourers.It was also discovered that three of the suspects ingested the drugs in Lagos and flew to Abuja to connect a KLM flight to their destinations. Hamza warned drug traffickers not to go close to any of the four international airports in the country with drugs, otherwise they would be caught and end up shamefully “like their cohorts who were now gnashing their teeth in detention.” He said, “From January to date, 87 suspected drug traffickers have been arrested at the Abuja airport. Out of this number, 44 have been successfully convicted by the law courts while 43 cases are at various levels of trial.” He stressed that the addition of the United States-made body scanners to the stock of existing X-ray machines had made the airports invincible to drug traffickers. “All four international airports in the country today are fully equipped such that any drug suspect passing through them should prepare his or her mind for arrest and prosecution”. Ezenwankwo Albert, 35, who was arrested during the screening of passengers on KLM flight to Amsterdam on October 4, 2008, confessed to have swallowed 80 pieces of substances that tested positive for cocaine weighing 1.5 kilogrammes. Albert, a resident of 32 Babington Street, Okota, Lagos, hails from Orunba Local Government Area of Anambra State.

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Louis Tomassini Jr, Anthony Bogart,Charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine

Charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine were Louis Tomassini Jr., 42, Rensselaer Falls, Anthony Bogart, 26, Lisbon, and Naomi Walters, 41, New York City.Charged with conspiracy to manufacture and possess with intent to distribute marijuana were Mr. Tomassini, Nicole Tomassini, 36, of Rensselaer Falls, and Bradley Howe, 35, of Rensselaer Falls.Mr. Tomassini also was charged with carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime.If convicted, all of them could face significant prison time and large fines U.S. Magistrate Judge David E. Peebles ruled Monday in Syracuse that Mr. Tomassini, Mr. Bogart and Ms. Walters be jailed without bail, while Ms. Tomassini and Mr. Howe were released with specific conditions, prosecutors said. St. Lawrence County District Attorney Nicole M. Duve said the large seizure of weapons and drugs shows an increasing danger to drug enforcement efforts in the north country.As part of the ongoing war on drugs in the north country, Ms. Duve was appointed special U.S. attorney last October. She has used those powers occasionally.Mr. Katko said his office became involved when requested by Ms. Duve and will assist her with the case. Both said they believed federal charges were the most appropriate course.
Authorities said they didn't know where the cocaine originated from or whether the weapons were registered. The investigation is ongoing.In the Heuvelton raid, Brandon M. Kinch, 23, and Megan N. Ferguson, 18, both of 100B State St., were each charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, the St. Lawrence County sheriff's department said.County task force members and state police mobile response team executed a search warrant and turned up more than three ounces of cocaine, 36 packets of heroin and 72 tablets of 80 milligram Oxycodone. The search also found two guns and more than $20,000 in cash.Both were arraigned in Oswegatchie Town Court, with Mr. Kinch sent to St. Lawrence County jail, Canton, on $10,000 cash or $20,000 bail bond. Ms. Ferguson was jailed on $5,000 cash or $10,000 bail bond.Two U.S. Border Patrol K-9 units assisted in the search.

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Davinder Singh of Delta, and Thai Hoang Nguyen of Surrey, were denied bail last week after allegedly attempting to buy 85 kilo of cocaine

Davinder Singh of Delta, and Thai Hoang Nguyen of Surrey, were denied bail last week in Bakersfield, Calif., after allegedly attempting to buy 85 kilos of cocaine with almost $1.5 million U.S.U.S. authorities also announced charges last week against six Canadians - including four from B.C. - after a two-year investigation into another multi-million dollar smuggling ring.Three of the B.C. accused - Shane Kelter, Walther Edgardo (Sharky) Orellana Aguilar and John (Keith) Wark - have not been extradited, while a fourth - Jason I. Ming Wei - was picked up at Los Angeles International Airport Sept. 28 and remains in custody.Trucker Saran told U.S. officials after he was arrested last Wednesday that he had left his truck unattended for several hours at the New Westminster office of Concord Transportation where anyone could have placed the pills in his load.But U.S. special agent Ruirk Pitstick refuted that claim in court documents obtained by The Vancouver Sun."I know that drug traffickers do not normally entrust large quantities of drugs to unwitting or unknowing couriers," Pitstick said. "This is true because an unknowing courier might inadvertently discover the drugs and turn them over to the police."In the Singh-Nguyen bust, agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration followed the Canadians and two American associates, Sokha Bhopal and Vath Lim, last month as they allegedly arranged and completed a cocaine for cash deal worth $1,487,500 U.S.A tip about the deal came from a confidential informant who told the DEA that Bhopal was looking to buy cocaine from Mexico. The DEA then engaged in a sting in which an agent posed as the cocaine supplier arranging meetings and phonecalls with the suspects through the informant.
"As the negotiations continued, it became apparent that Nguyen was the primary individual attempting to purchase cocaine," Special Agent Trent O'Neill said in his affidavit. "Nguyen indicated he was having difficulty locating his 'accountant' to obtain the money...Nguyen indicated he would be ready with the money for the cocaine transaction on Friday, Sept. 19, 2008."As the DEA watched clandestinely, the four men allegedly packed the money into two separate vehicles and met the agent in the parking lot of a restaurant.
On Oct. 2, a grand jury indicted the two Canadians and their associates with "conspiracy to distribute cocaine" and "attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine."

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Jasbir Singh Saran was arrested late Wednesday as he attempted to cross the border to Blaine in his tractor-trailer containing 200,000 ecstasy pills

Surrey trucker Jasbir Singh Saran was arrested late Wednesday as he attempted to cross the border to Blaine in his tractor-trailer containing more than 200,000 ecstasy pills - worth an estimated $2 million - hidden behind boxes of toilet paper.
The 32-year-old was driving for Concord Transportation, a company that is a certified member of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, meaning "certified trailers are supposed to be sealed from the time they are loaded until they reach their final destination," according to U.S. court documents.Saran has been ordered held in custody until his next court appearance.

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