Doctor sentenced to 7 years for trafficking heroin

<a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/06/04/20100604mexican-doctor-trafficking-heroin.html">Doctor sentenced to 7 years for trafficking heroin</a>: "physician from Mexico who was among a group who each transported more than a kilogram of heroin from Arizona to New York City has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison.<br /> The U.S. attorney's office in Phoenix says another man from San Luis, Mexico, who also was involved in the smuggling ring got a slightly lower sentence.<br /> U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow sentenced 39-year-old Dr. Jose David Portillo Lopez this week. A co-defendant, 38-year-old Juan Bautista Beltran Lopez, was sentenced last month. Both had pleaded guilty to heroin trafficking charges.<br /> Court records show Portillo and Beltran and two women picked up footwear containing 5 kilos of heroin in San Luis, Ariz., in December 2007. Federal agents investigating a Columbian cartel tracked them as they drove to Manhattan, where they were arrested."

Doctor sentenced to 7 years for trafficking heroin

Doctor sentenced to 7 years for trafficking heroin : "physician from Mexico who was among a group who each transported more than a kilo...

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timesofmalta.com - Heroin and cocaine find leads to eight arrests

<a href="http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100604/local/heroin-and-cocaine-find-leads-to-eight-arrests">timesofmalta.com - Heroin and cocaine find leads to eight arrests</a>: "Eight people have been arrested following a heroin and cocaine find at Marsa this morning, the police said.<br /> They said the Drug Squad investigated information that a man was selling drugs from a garage and residence near the horse racing track in Malta.<br /> The police started observing the place and confirmed the investigation it had been given. The 50-year-old man from Sta Venera was seen hiding the drugs outside the residence while keeping another quantity in the garage.<br /> The police held people who turned up to buy drugs. They are aged between 22 and 47 and are from Fgura, Hamrun, St Julian’s, Birkirkara and Qormi.<br /> Magistrate Jacqueline Padovani Grima is holding an inquiry."

timesofmalta.com - Heroin and cocaine find leads to eight arrests

timesofmalta.com - Heroin and cocaine find leads to eight arrests : "Eight people have been arrested following a heroin and cocaine fin...

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Baggage handler at Memphis airport faces drug smuggling charge after undercover operation - WHNT

<a href="http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-tn--baggagehandler-smuggling,0,3242704.story">Baggage handler at Memphis airport faces drug smuggling charge after undercover operation - WHNT</a>: "baggage handler at Memphis International Airport is charged with drug smuggling after federal authorities say he accepted a bag filled with 40,000 fake ecstasy pills and agreed to deliver it to an undercover agent.<br /> <br /> in Memphis Gora Sow, an employee of Delta-Northwest Airlines , was arrested Tuesday on charges of attempting to possess drugs with intent to distribute, and transportation and concealment of merchandise.<br /> <br /> Sow has a federal court hearing Monday and it is not immediately known if he has a lawyer."

Baggage handler at Memphis airport faces drug smuggling charge after undercover operation - WHNT

Baggage handler at Memphis airport faces drug smuggling charge after undercover operation - WHNT : "baggage handler at Memphis Internat...

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