Canadian Trucker admits smuggling drugs into Canada

Sep 102011
 
 10/09/2011  Posted by PMC at 17:33 on 10/09/2011 Comments Off
Canadian Trucker admits smuggling drugs into Canada

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Canadian truck driver who pleaded guilty Wednesday to smuggling cocaine in the floorboards of his truck was part of an operation that sent more than 1½ tons of drugs across the U.S. border into Canada since 2009, federal authorities said. Ravinder Arora, 30, of Brampton, Ontario, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to conspiring to export cocaine. He faces at least 10 years in prison at his December sentencing. Arora was about to cross the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge from western New York into Ontario last September when his nervous demeanor led U.S. border agents to search his ….Read More

American Trucker busted with cocaine valued at $4 Million Dollars

Jun 282011
 
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American Trucker busted with cocaine valued at $4 Million Dollars

RAYMONDVILLE – A routine traffic stop in the Valley by DPS leads to a close to $4 million drug bust. Fifty-six-year-old Bobby John McCarty was pulled over by DPS in Raymondville on Saturday. Court documents show his tractor trailer was taken in for further inspection at Los Tomates Bridge. That’s when authorities discovered 117 pounds of cocaine wrapped in 44 bundles in his fuel tank. The cocaine has a street value of $3.7 million. McCarty was charged with drug smuggling. He is being held without bond. SOURCE: KRGV.com

$9 million dollar pot bust on US 59 in Wharton County Texas – 3 Valley Residents busted

Jun 052011
 
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$9 million dollar pot bust on US 59 in Wharton County Texas - 3 Valley Residents busted

Texas Department of Public safety troopers took more than $9 million dollars in marijuana out of the pipeline last weekend with the busts of three individuals and the seizure of 22,072 pounds of bundled marijuana with a wholesale street value in Houston of $9,270,240.   Saturday morning, May 28, about 0300, Troopers noticed a semi being followed by a four wheeler on US 59 in Wharton County and pulled the over for a traffic violation. The truck, a propane tanker with the markings “Auto Tanques Nieto,” was stopped minutes later further up U.S. 59, near FM 1162 in El Campo. ….Read More

Deputies seize $45 million in drugs in Rancho Cucamonga California

Jun 282010
 
 28/06/2010  Posted by PMC at 01:31 on 28/06/2010 2 Responses »
Deputies seize $45 million in drugs in Rancho Cucamonga California

Sheriff’s deputies found a tractor trailer packed with $45 million in drugs during a routine traffic stop in Rancho Cucamonga on Wednesday. The bust was one of the largest ever made in San Bernardino County, and included thousands of pounds of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine, San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials said. The sheriff’s Hi-Intensity Criminal Interdiction Unit stopped a big rig on the eastbound 10 Freeway for a traffic violation at 11 a.m. The driver, Fernando Luevano, 32, of Los Angeles, did not have proper paperwork for his load. He gave deputies permission to search the trailer. When deputies opened ….Read More

American trucker busted with 48 illegals in trailer

Jun 182010
 
 18/06/2010  Posted by PMC at 15:45 on 18/06/2010 Comments Off
American trucker busted with 48 illegals in trailer

LAREDO — Border agents found 48 illegal immigrants in the back of a tractor trailer during a routine stop at a checkpoint in south Texas. The trailer was refrigerated, according to the driver’s attorney, and all of those in the trailer declined medical treatment, immigration officials said. The driver, Wayne West of Balch Springs, was charged with transporting illegal immigrants, according to court documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Laredo. He’s scheduled for a detention hearing on Friday. His attorney, Russell Jordan, said he couldn’t say much about the case because the investigation is still being done, but ….Read More

Canadian Truck Driver Arrested with $3 Million in Cocaine at Pacific Highway Crossing

Oct 172009
 
 17/10/2009  Posted by PMC at 22:37 on 17/10/2009 2 Responses »
Canadian Truck Driver Arrested with $3 Million in Cocaine at Pacific Highway Crossing

Blaine, Wash. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 43-year-old Surrey, British Columbia, man on October 10 for allegedly attempting to export 192 pounds of cocaine, worth more than $3 million. Sukhvinder Shoker, a Canadian citizen, was originally en route to Canada driving a commercial shipment of household goods when he was encountered by CBP officers of the Blaine Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team working in concert with agents of the Border Enforcement Security Task Force at the Pacific Highway port of entry. A narcotic detector dog named “Mac” was used to search the truck and trailer and gave ….Read More

Three convicted for role in theft of PEMEX product and sale of products in US

Oct 132009
 
 13/10/2009  Posted by PMC at 13:46 on 13/10/2009 Comments Off
Three convicted for role in theft of PEMEX product and sale of products in US

I.C.E. News Release HOUSTON – A criminal information charging three men for their roles in brokering the sale of petroleum products stolen from Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) has been unsealed following the guilty plea of the third defendant on Friday. These convictions were announced by U.S. Attorney Tim Johnson, Southern District of Texas, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The charges resulted from an on-going ICE investigation into the theft of Mexican petroleum products, particularly condensate, and the transportation and sale of the petroleum product to U.S. companies.

Big Rig Turns Into Clown Car

Mar 072009
 
 07/03/2009  Posted by PMC at 10:06 on 07/03/2009 Comments Off
Big Rig Turns Into Clown Car

The Border Patrol says they found 25 illegal immigrants hiding inside a pair of semi trucks. About 10:30 p.m. on Thursday night, Border Patrol agents chased a group of suspected illegal immigrants into a parking lot at the Golden Acorn Casino. Officials said the group got into a cargo trailer via a trap door under the truck. Eventually, 17 people were found inside the trailer, officials said. While conducting surveillance of the parking lot, agents said, eight other illegal immigrants got into the cab a second truck. Both vehicles were stopped just before midnight as they left the parking lot. ….Read More

El Paso club owner arrested: Owner of Studio 69 accused of drug trafficking

Mar 072009
 
 07/03/2009  Posted by PMC at 08:32 on 07/03/2009 Comments Off
El Paso club owner arrested: Owner of Studio 69 accused of drug trafficking

EL PASO — The co-owner of a popular Downtown El Paso nightclub was arrested Friday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who believe he is involved in an international drug-trafficking ring. Javier Daniel Guerrero, 30, one of two owners of Studio 69, 522 San Francisco, was arrested Friday morning on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, ICE spokeswoman Leticia Zamarripa said. Julio M. Velez, acting special agent in charge of ICE, said, “This type of criminal organization not only poisons our communities with drugs. They threaten public safety, and keep their suppliers — ….Read More

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