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During arrest of bigtime "drug pusher": Residents shoot, stone PDEA agents
Updated July 14, 2009 12:00 AM
THE FREEMAN

CEBU, Philippines – Residents of Barangay Tangke, Talisay City stoned and fired shots at the agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in their aim to prevent the operatives from arresting a couple, who are known drug pushers in the area, last Sunday afternoon.

Anti-drug operatives succeeded in arresting Marbee Torion, 23, but her husband Ramon “RJ” Torion, 27, was able to escape.

Yogi Filemon Ruiz, deputy regional director of PDEA said they were stoned by the neighbors of the couple and were even shot at five times using unknown caliber of firearm. Nobody among his team got hurt but the back glass of their L300 van was broken.

Ruiz said they already identified the house where the gunshots came and promised that they will be back “even if people power will occur” during their operation.

“Mag-anad mana sila kung mahadlok ta aning people power sa mga silingan sa pusher, ang ato to intensify sa illegal drug campaign,” he stressed.

Prior to the operation, PDEA has received information from Talisay City police chief Henry Biñas, who asked assistance against the illegal activities of the Torion couple.

PDEA agents had conducted surveillance operations for two weeks before the buy bust operation where they confiscated 62 sachets of shabu (methamphetamine).

Ruiz said the couple can be considered as level three drug pushers because according to the information they received, the couple could dispose 10 to 15 grams of shabu a day. Their customers allegedly come from the nearby barangays like Tabunok and Bulacao and even as far as Minglanilla.

During interrogation, Marbee admitted that they are into the illegal activity but only just for a month. She refused to tell where they get their supply.

“Igo lang mi hatdan ug namorsiyento lang mi,” she said.

The Torion couple has three children. Their eldest child is aged 4, second is 3 and the third still months old.

“Nagmahay man ko sir pero ulahi naman ang tanan,” Marbee added while crying inside the PDEA-7 detention cell.
- Christopher Gabriel C. Bonjoc/WAB (THE FREEMAN)
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=486619&publicationSubCategoryId=107
 
^ They are facing life in prison for distribution of "dangerous" drugs. If they can't afford to post bail, they will be in jail for 2 to 3 years waiting for a trial.
 
operation iron curtain

Smugglers moved $1b in pot
INDICTMENT UNSEALED: More than 45 people charged nationwide in bust through Operation Iron Curtain
By DAVID WINTERS
TIMES STAFF WRITER
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2009


PLATTSBURGH — Federal authorities have charged more than 45 people nationwide over their alleged roles in an international drug-smuggling operation that moved $1 billion worth of marijuana.

The two-year investigation exposed a pipeline moving thousands of pounds of marijuana each month from the north country to numerous U.S. cities, including Boston, New York and Miami, prosecutors said. The crime syndicate is alleged to have moved the marijuana, which came from Canada through the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation in Franklin County and near Churubusco in Clinton County, over the past four years.

Several federal, state and local law enforcement agencies participated in Operation Iron Curtain, which seized $6 million in cash, more than 5,000 pounds of marijuana and 55 pounds of cocaine. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration led the investigation.

"They are partners in dismantling a 300-pound-per-day marijuana operation which likely moved in excess of 250 million dollars a year of marijuana for the past four years," Franklin County District Attorney Derek P. Champagne said.

The ringleader of the operation allegedly was Steven "Goofy" Sarti, 23, of Brossard, Quebec. He was accused of running a "continuing criminal enterprise" under a racketeering statue that's generally used to prosecute organized crime rings.

Zachary Gouchie, 24, of Montreal, Edward Kener, 31, of Weston, Fla., and John Belanger, 27, of Hartford, Conn., were accused of recruiting people and directing the movement of the marijuana along the East Coast. All three face various drug charges. None of the people charged in the case resides in Franklin or St. Lawrence counties. The U.S. District Court in Albany is overseeing the case.

A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday noted several times when marijuana was moved from Hogansburg, including a 300-pound shipment on Jan. 21, 2008. A drug ledger that was confiscated noted the group had moved about 4,400 pounds of marijuana and smuggled $10.3 million in cash over a 16-day period in February 2008.

The Major Traffickers Strike Force in Franklin County and Adirondack Drug Task Force in Clinton County assisted in the investigation.

The indictment also seeks the forfeiture of $25 million in illegal drug proceeds.
 
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^ A very enterprising group of young men. At least they are trying to make a living rather than sitting at home collecting unemployment checks and food stamps.
 
Police: 2 found with 7,000 bags of heroin

Police: 2 found with 7,000 bags of heroin




Undercover effort seizes drugs near Elsmere

By TERRI SANGINITI
The News Journal

Two men were found late Monday with nearly 7,000 bags of packaged heroin worth more than $90,000 during an undercover operation outside Wilmington, city police said.

The arrests came about 9:10 p.m. after officers in the 1000 block of Montgomery Road, off Faulkland Road, near Elsmere, spotted the driver of a 2002 Chevrolet pickup pull into the driveway of a home and go inside.

A man across the street was seen "pacing around on his cell phone and looking in all directions, as if he were waiting for someone to arrive," police said in court records.

The pickup driver came out of the house minutes later carrying a large paper bag with handles and delivered it to the man standing across the street, said police Master Sgt. Steven Barnes.

The man, later identified as 29-year-old Alfred Evans, got into a white 1998 Buick and started to drive off.

Officers checked the vehicle's registration and found that the owner of the Buick was driving with a suspended license, and stopped it at Del. 100 and Faulkland Road, Barnes said.

The paper bag contained several logs of suspected heroin and was found in Evans' lap, according to court records.

There were 6,495 heroin bags that were stamped with the words "Versace" and "Goya."

Heroin has become the drug of choice in the city, over-shadowing cocaine and crack, said Lt. William Wells, who heads the vice unit.

"There seems to be more of a demand for heroin," he said. "I would imagine that these arrests will put a temporary dent in the heroin trade. We're pretty confident we stopped that source. But there always seems to be somebody willing to step up and take someone's place."

Evans, of the 200 block of Madison St., was charged with trafficking heroin and three other offenses and is being held in Young Correctional Institution in lieu of $288,000 bail.

The Montgomery Road home of Anderson Vazquez -- the man in the pickup -- was raided about 11:37 p.m. and an additional 390 glassine bags of heroin were found in the garage.

Vazquez, 39, denied meeting with Evans or selling drugs, police said in court records.

He was charged with trafficking heroin and three other offenses and committed to Vaughn Correctional Institution after failing to post $299,000 bail.

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That was right down the street. daaaaamn!

picture of all the bags spread out...:
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makes me sad :(

EDIT: it was stated in a different article about the same thing that it totaled around 170 grams I believe.
 
298 kg of marijuana seized, two people arrested
Writer: AMNART THONGDEE
The Bangkok Post
Published: 16/08/2009 at 12:00 AM

CHUMPHON : Police yesterday seized 298kg of marijuana worth almost 9 million baht in Chumphon's Sawi district.

Pattana Robru, a highway police inspector, said his team was tipped off about the marijuana trafficking. They set up a checkpoint on the Asia 41 Road in tambon Wisaitai.

The team found the drugs hidden under a pile of fertiliser bags in a pick-up truck.

Officers arrested Samran Bunyok, the 35-year-old driver, and Taopudsa Chaiyawongsa, 36, a Lao national.

Pol Lt Col Pattana said the two suspects confessed to trafficking the marijuana from an area along the Thai-Lao border in Nong Khai province.

They planned to deliver the drugs to a man identified only as Bang in Songkhla's Hat Yai district.

The marijuana has a street value of around 30,000 baht per kilogramme, according to Pol Lt Col Pattana.

He said highway officers this year have already caught four groups of marijuana traffickers carrying more than 100kg a time.

The highway police team handed the two suspects and the seized marijuana to Sawi police to take further action.

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BARS OF IT: Bars of marijuana, weighing a total of 298kg, seized yesterday from a pick-up truck. The Thai driver and a Lao woman were detained by highway police in Chumphon.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/22127/298kg-of-marijuana-seized-two-people-arrested
© Copyright 1996-2009 The Post Publishing Public Company Limited
 
Malaysian, Singaporean held for drugs
990 kg of marijuana
The Straits Times Singapore
Aug 20, 2009

BANGKOK - POLICE in Thailand said on Thursday they had arrested a Malaysian and a Singaporean on charges of trafficking one tonne of marijuana to a European country.

Malaysian national Phoon Ken Huat, 26, was arrested on Wednesday in a housing estate on the eastern outskirts of Bangkok along with Singaporean Danny Lim Kian Hong, 37, and a Thai man from a hill tribe.

Police found 990 bars of compressed marijuana in their rented house which they were preparing to send by air freight to the Netherlands, Thailand's deputy national police chief General Jumpol Manmai said.

He said they had confessed that the shipment of drugs, which they bought for 10,000 baht a kilo (S$425) from neighbouring countries, was destined for the Netherlands where it would have fetched six times the price.

The two foreign suspects face charges of possession and trafficking of drugs with a maximum penalty of 15 years jail. -- AFP

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/SE+Asia/Story/STIStory_419254.html
 
Pill bust in LA (the state)

Has anyone heard about this? seems like a pretty big bust.


http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/69587047.html

A narcotics arrest by the Baton Rouge Police Department on Saturday uncovered a cache of drugs with a street value of $2.6 million dollars.

Police made the narcotics arrest on around 11:30 a.m. on I-12 eastbound near Sherwood Forest Blvd.

An 18-wheeler was stopped for a traffic violation and the uniformed officer became suspicious of the driver's activities after a brief interview.

An East Baton Rouge Sheriff narcotics dog was called to the scene and 74 pounds of MDMA (Ecstasy) was located in two duffle bags inside the cab with an estimated street value of 2.6 million dollars.

The driver, Douglas Jerry Akhigbe, 45, 59 Whiteface Crest, Brampton, Ontario, Canada, was placed in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Ecstasy.
 
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Let's hope they were all piperizines and the cops were actually doing us a favor.
 
^The article says a sniffer dog found them so I doubt they're pipes.
 
They could be methbombs.
Indeed they could. I just said that I found it unlikely that they were piperazines, as to my knowledge dogs are not trained to detect them.
 
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