NewsWhore
09-13-2007, 05:50 PM
A DR-related Canadian police announced the bust of what is being described as an international cocaine smuggling operation that saw drugs brought to Canada on commercial flights into Pearson International Airport, while money flowed back to the Dominican Republic by conspirators posing as tourists, and airport baggage handlers in both countries acted as accomplices.
The Canadian press reports that the well-established ring made attempts to import coke at least once a week. The cocaine was concealed in jet cargo holds.
The months-long investigation carried out by the Durham, Canada police led to the seizure of 26 kg of powder cocaine valued at more than CDN$3 million, 12 guns along with ammunition and nearly CDN$45,000 in cash. More than 200 drug, conspiracy and weapons charges have been laid so far against 12 people and cops have seized eight private vehicles they've labeled as proceeds of crime. The cocaine, weapons and cash were seized during a series of raids early Tuesday in Ajax, Bowmanville, Oshawa, Whitby, Toronto, Barrie, Brampton and Markham.
The Durham police caught on to the ring after discovering nearly 100 pounds of vacuum-packed marijuana and almost CDN$17,000 in a traffic accident last October. The event tipped police to a drug importing operation that soon became international in scope.
Among those arrested were Jeremy Wayne Brown, 30, of Margaret Street in Oshawa -- a full-patch member of the Hells Angels Oshawa chapter -- and a baggage handler at Pearson International Airport. Mr. Brown faces 47 charges, including conspiracy to import cocaine and trafficking and numerous weapons offences including 10 counts of possession of a weapon obtained by crime.
http://www.newsdurhamregion.com/news/Durham/article/85758
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The Canadian press reports that the well-established ring made attempts to import coke at least once a week. The cocaine was concealed in jet cargo holds.
The months-long investigation carried out by the Durham, Canada police led to the seizure of 26 kg of powder cocaine valued at more than CDN$3 million, 12 guns along with ammunition and nearly CDN$45,000 in cash. More than 200 drug, conspiracy and weapons charges have been laid so far against 12 people and cops have seized eight private vehicles they've labeled as proceeds of crime. The cocaine, weapons and cash were seized during a series of raids early Tuesday in Ajax, Bowmanville, Oshawa, Whitby, Toronto, Barrie, Brampton and Markham.
The Durham police caught on to the ring after discovering nearly 100 pounds of vacuum-packed marijuana and almost CDN$17,000 in a traffic accident last October. The event tipped police to a drug importing operation that soon became international in scope.
Among those arrested were Jeremy Wayne Brown, 30, of Margaret Street in Oshawa -- a full-patch member of the Hells Angels Oshawa chapter -- and a baggage handler at Pearson International Airport. Mr. Brown faces 47 charges, including conspiracy to import cocaine and trafficking and numerous weapons offences including 10 counts of possession of a weapon obtained by crime.
http://www.newsdurhamregion.com/news/Durham/article/85758
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)