Adilson Antonio Reyes, a truck driver from Utah, entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond to a charge that he conspired with two others to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine.

One of the three men authorities are linking to a Mexican drug cartel pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge that he conspired to traffic cocaine in Rhode Island.Adilson Antonio Reyes, a truck driver from Utah, entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond to a charge that he conspired with two others to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine.Court records show that Reyes is scheduled to change his plea to the charge before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Mary M. Lisi on May 11. His lawyer, Steven DiLibero, said the date for the plea-change hearing had been canceled, which was not reflected in the court record.“We’ll know by the end of the week what we’ll do,” DiLibero said.Reyes and Rodrigo Armando Saucedo and Andrew Rios, both of California, have been held without bail...

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Waldemar Lorenzana Lima was captured by Guatemalan police on April 26, while driving on a dirt road in the municipality of El Jicaro

Waldemar Lorenzana Lima was captured by Guatemalan police on April 26, while driving on a dirt road in the municipality of El Jicaro, located in the eastern state of El Progreso. Although authorities have long accused Lorenzana of being the patriarch of a powerful drug trafficking family, he has proven difficult for them to pin down. In December 2008, the 71-year-old was arrested on charges of illegally possessing an AK-47 rifle. However, Lorenzana was released almost immediately after being taken into custody.Since then, the Lorenzana family has enjoyed relative immunity from law enforcement officials in the country, allowing them to develop into a large-scale criminal enterprise. In just a few years, the group significantly strengthened its control of illicit activities in the...

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Malaysian court sends Indian to gallows for drug trafficking

High Court found Samad Mohamad Sultan guilty of trafficking in 3.9 kg of ketamine, a party drug, at the KL International Airport two years ago, national news agency Bernama said.Justice Siti Mariah Ahmad handed down the sentence on the 44-year-old trader after finding that the prosecution had succeeded in proving the case against the accused. The trader was charged with trafficking in the drugs at the arrival hall of the airport on February 25, 2009.He was carrying the ketamine in a jewellery box. The judge said Samad, in his defence, had told the court that he had received an order from a Malaysian trader identified as Jaafar to send some goods from India to Malaysia.The judge said the defence had failed to call Jaafar to testify. She said Samad had claimed that he met a friend named Ismail...

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Neil Tindling drug trafficker said to have made £7m from his evil trade now faces court moves to strip him of his ill-gotten gains.

On Tuesday (April 26) a Chelmsford Crown Court  judge gave the green light for a hearing which could lead to the confiscation of the assets of 35-year-old Neil Tindling, who is serving a 22-year-jail sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.A Proceeds of Crime hearing has been scheduled for June 27 in respect of Tindling, 35, of Dimsdale Close  and his wife Louise,  34, of the same address, who was given a suspended sentence at an earlier court hearing for money laundering.However, Judge Christopher Ball QC refused to order an in-depth probe into the financial affairs of Tindling in the run-up to the hearing, saying: “He is not a drug baron nor is he a member of a crime family. But he is a drug trafficker in a major way."When he jailed Tindling at the earlier hearing,...

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Brian W. Young, 39, admitted that William H. Cornman, who later was convicted of drug trafficking, came to him for advice on how to make cash from marijuana sales appear as though it was legitimate income.

Brian W. Young, 39, admitted that William H. Cornman, who later was convicted of drug trafficking, came to him for advice on how to make cash from marijuana sales appear as though it was legitimate income. In 2005, Young accepted $15,000 in drug money from Cornman and invested it in real estate, federal prosecutors said.After Cornman’s arrest on drug trafficking and firearms charges, prosecutors said, Young received more than $60,000 in cash from Cornman’s drug partners. Young deposited most of that money into his law firm’s account and then issued checks to other attorneys to represent Cornman and a co-conspirator in federal court, according to court papers.Young asked one of his law partners to hide $15,000 cash of the remaining drug money, and the partner buried the money on property in...

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ONE of Italy's most notorious mobsters - dubbed The Tyre for his horrific assassination technique - was behind bars last night.

Camorra crime clan bookkeeper Vincenzo Schiavone, 37, was arrested by anti-mafia cops.The thug has been known to soak his victims in petrol, cover them in tyres and set them on fire.Schiavone has become a key figure in organised crime working with the Camorra's notorious Casalesi clan.He was made famous in the film and book Gomorrah and was one of Italy's most 100 wanted men. Police arrested him at a clinic near Naples on Monday.Schiavone is believed to know every bribe, bung, racket and assassination carried out by his bosses.At the time of his arrest, he had no identity document and was only identified after police took fingerprints.None of the staff at the hospital - where he was being treated for a leg injury - are thought to have been aware of who he was.Schiavone has been "missing" since...

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Savannah man arrested in Macon, charged with trafficking cocaine

Macon police have arrested a 35-year-old Savannah man and charged him with drug trafficking after allegedly finding three kilograms of cocaine in his car.Officers pulled Keith Huntley, of the 1700 block of Delesseps Avenue, over for speeding on I-16 about 9:30 p.m. on Thursday. Police say drug dogs found three kilos of cocaine, which Macon police give a street value of $90,000, in his car.Macon police spokeswoman Jami Gaudet said officers are not releasing any further information on the arrest, including where Huntley was coming from, where he was going, or whether he is suspected to be part of a drug trafficking operation.Huntley is being held without bail at the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center.&nb...

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