Simultaneous to the execution of the Ontario Street search warrant, a separate search warrant was executed at a residence on South Lane in Buffalo. As investigators entered the residence, they encountered the defendant in the bathroom. In the toilet, law enforcement recovered a ripped-open plastic bag, and observed the toilet bowl lined with suspected
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“DEA recognizes the extraordinary work of the DNCD and Dominican Republic authorities in attacking transnational criminal organizations which harm both our countries,” said John F. Kanig, DEA Caribbean Division Acting Special Agent in Charge. “The dismantlement of this organization has certainly cut
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If convicted, each defendant faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on the robbery charge, a minimum of ten years and up to life in prison on the methamphetamine trafficking charge, a mandatory five years in prison consecutive to the term of imprisonment on the drug
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Subsequent search warrants at Lawson’s residence in Madison County revealed more than one pound of methamphetamine, which was determined to be 100% pure. The search also resulted in the seizure of an additional $57,000 in United States currency,
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“Operation Quiet Storm was one of the largest gang takedowns in FBI San Francisco division’s history,” said FBI San Francisco Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair. “The coordinated efforts of this operation were done with one goal in mind: to disrupt the communications and organizational structure of a criminal network who has terrorized our neighborhoods for far too long.”
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CBP officers determined that the shipment contained approximately 430 kilograms gross weight of khat. The shipping manifest and other customs documentation identified the contents of the shipment as clothing, and ground melon and pepper, among other things. On May 3, 2021, Adebari, who was listed as the
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According to the plea agreements filed in this case, the defendants were part of a transnational criminal organization that dispatched self-propelled semi-submersible (SPSS) vessels, sometimes known as narco-submarines, from Colombia into the Pacific Ocean, destined for Sinaloa Cartel members in Oaxaca, Mexico. The defendants served various roles and responsibilities
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In August of 2015, the defendant became embroiled in a feud with a rival drug dealer who also operated on the west side of Buffalo. Following verbal arguments that centered on Velazquez-Cabrera’s encroachment into the drug dealing territory of his rival, the defendant escalated the conflict to violence.
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According to court documents, the defendants allegedly sold a DEA task force officer four fully-automatic, AR-style firearms and a pound of THC wax during an undercover buy in Lubbock, Texas.
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