Drug trafficking

Sentenced To 9-10 Years In State Prison

November 01, 2007 -- SPRINGFIELD – A Chicopee man, who serves as the national vice president of the Diablos motorcycle gang, has pled guilty in connection with trafficking cocaine in Western Massachusetts. Yesterday afternoon, Keith Gallagher, age 52, entered a change of plea from not guilty to guilty on charges of Trafficking in Cocaine (3 counts). Hampden Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Kinder sentenced Gallagher to serve nine to ten years in State Prison.    » read more »

12 Charged In "Operation Pill Hill"

October 31, 2007 -- PHILADELPHIA - A $2.6 million prescription drug distribution ring was broken-up today by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation (BNI) resulting in the arrest of five out of 12 suspected drug dealers operating in and around Philadelphia.

Attorney General Tom Corbett said the investigation, known as "Operation Pill Hill" focused on the illegal distribution and use of Oxycontin in Philadelphia, Chester, Montgomery, Delaware and Bucks Counties.Operation Pill Hill    » read more »

SB 274 makes any attempt to illegally transport or store anhydrous ammonia a Class 4 felony

October 31, 2007 -- SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today signed a law that toughens current anti-methamphetamine laws by making any attempt to possess, procure, transport, store, or deliver a key meth ingredient a Class 4 felony. Class 4 felonies can carry a prison term of one to three years and/or a fine of up to $25,000. Senate Bill 274, sponsored by State Senator Larry Bomke (R-Springfield) and State Rep.    » read more »

New York City Bus Driver Accused of Acting as Cocaine Supplier While Driving Route in Queens

NIAGARA FALLS, NY (Oct. 30, 2007) – New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced today the indictment of 22 New Yorkers accused of taking part in a highly coordinated narcotics distribution operation. The indictments and subsequent arrests came through a joint operation between the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force and the Niagara Falls Police Department and were part of Cuomo’s ongoing Upstate Guns, Gangs and Drugs Initiative.    » read more »

October 29, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a Mullica Township man and his wife were indicted today for allegedly growing numerous marijuana plants in a sophisticated indoor marijuana cultivation facility    » read more »

Georgia man ran drug trafficking ring that moved more than 100 kilograms of cocaine, worth more than $6 million

October 25, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a Georgia man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his participation in a multi-state narcotics trafficking ring. The Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution prosecuted Aqeel Waleed Baruti for conspiring to traffic more than 400 grams cocaine and for money laundering.    » read more »

October 9, 2007 -- ALLENTOWN - Up to 14 suspected drug dealers, some with ties to the New York City "Bloods" gang, were arrested today by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation (BNI) on charges of running a multi-million dollar cocaine trafficking ring in and around the Lehigh Valley.

Attorney General Tom Corbett said that the investigation, known as "Operation Bloodhound" began in November 2006 and focused on the selling and local drug trafficking network of Shelton Brown, 27, 336 S. 9th St., Allentown. 10-5-07Opr Bloodhound    » read more »

07 October 2007 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he did not discuss possible locations for a new U.S. base in Latin America on any of the five stops he made in the region in recent days. The secretary made the remark during his final stop in Paramaribo, Suriname on Saturday.    » read more »

Co-conspirators ran drugs through Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties

October 5, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that five defendants were sentenced to various prison terms after pleading guilty to charges of conspiring to traffic and trafficking cocaine. The 10-person cocaine ring operated throughout Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties. Nine defendants have been sentenced to date. The defendants were all prosecuted by the Attorney General's Office of Statewide Prosecution.    » read more »

30 September 2007 -- The head of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency has praised Pakistan as a model for eradicating drug production. But, she says more cooperation is needed from neighboring Afghanistan where record-high poppy production is funding insurgents and threatening regional stability.

The U.S. DEA chief is calling Pakistan a success story in the global war on drugs. Speaking in Islamabad Friday, Karen Tandy said Pakistan was once a heroin supplying country, but is now almost poppy-free.    » read more »

Smuggling, Methamphetamine, Human Trafficking Discussed

September 26, 2007 -- (SANTA FE)-- New Mexico Attorney General Gary King and staff met with Mexican counterparts at the 19th National Conference of Attorneys General of Mexico. Also attending were the attorneys general and assistant AGs from the Western states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada and North Dakota.    » read more »

September 25, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a Perth Amboy man was indicted today by a state grand jury for allegedly selling more than 2 kilograms of cocaine to an undercover New Jersey State Police detective.    » read more »

09/19/2007 -- (DENVER) – Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers left today as part of a four-day exchange mission to Mexico. During the trip, a bipartisan delegation of Attorneys General from six Western states will discuss issues of mutual importance with Mexican state and federal officials.    » read more »

17 September 2007 -- A White House report says Burma and Venezuela failed during the past year to make substantial efforts to curb drug trafficking or cooperate with the United States on the issue. Venezuela and Burma were among 20 countries listed in the report as major drug-producing or narcotics-transiting countries.

Officials here say being on the list of major drug-producing or transit countries does not necessarily mean a government is not trying to deal with the problem.    » read more »

Announces New Drug Task Force

Sept. 12, 2007 -- Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison and KBI Director Bob Blecha traveled west today to announce the creation of the Southwest Kansas Drug Task Force (SWKDTF), a new tool for law enforcement in their fight against drugs and drug related crimes. They met with the participating agencies for a briefing on the new task force hosted by Ford County Sheriff Dean Bush.    » read more »