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ESTADOS UNIDOS 🇺🇸 (DEA) : las ultimas « narconews » de julio 2024

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Orlando Man Found Guilty of Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl that Resulted in Death

Julio 02, 2024

ORLANDO, Fla . – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that a federal jury has found Joel David Fonseca Flores (42, Orlando) guilty of conspiring to distribute fentanyl that resulted in death. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 20 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing…

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Drug Trafficking Organization Member Sentenced for 8 Felony Counts

Julio 02, 2024

ST. LOUIS –U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Tuesday sentenced a St. Louis County, Missouri, man who sold fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine base to a decade in prison. Byron Green, 29, pleaded guilty in March to eight felony counts: a fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine distribution charge, possession with…

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Northwest Missouri Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced

Julio 02, 2024

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Newtown, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in conspiracies to distribute fentanyl in northwest Missouri and to wire the proceeds of drug trafficking to Mexico. Lucas Ryan Coltrain, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to nine…

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Three Men Facing Federal Charges in Connection to Seizure of Meth and Thousands of Fentanyl Pills

Julio 01, 2024

Spokane, Washington- Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that three men are facing federal drug charges. Osvaldo Guadalupe Soto-Orduno, Jose Roman Lizarraga Gerardo, and Jose Efrain Gonzalez Rodriguez were charged by criminal complaint with Conspiracy to Distribute 400 Grams or More…

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UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 (Operation Venetic) : Albanian OCG member jailed over multi million pound drugs offences

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A prominent member of an Albanian organised crime group has been jailed for a second time for Class A drugs offences.

Bujar Cozminca, 33, purchased and supplied 100 kilograms of cocaine, with a wholesale value of £3.5m and a street value of around £8m, in addition to laundering £2.5m of criminal cash.

When he was arrested in May 2021, £300,000 in cash was found at two properties he used for drugs deals in Islington and Wembley.

Officers from the Organised Crime Partnership (OCP) – comprising National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police officers – also discovered ledgers indicating drug deals amounting to almost £2 million.

Cozminca admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and money laundering and on Friday (28 June 2024), he was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court to 12 years in prison.

Cozminca, of High Road, Wembley, was already known to UK law enforcement.

In 2012, he was convicted of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and sentenced to 21 months in jail. He was deported back to Albania, but subsequently re-entered the UK illegally.

He was arrested by OCP officers using evidence from Operation Venetic – the NCA-led response to the 2020 takedown of encrypted communications platform EncroChat.

Using the handle ‘Insatiable beta’, Cozminca trafficked multi-kilo deals of cocaine across the UK and laundered hundreds of thousands of pounds of criminal cash on a weekly basis.

OCP officers built the case against him by wading through 6,000 EncroChat messages.

His organised crime group had far-reaching international connections and Cozminca was able to operate throughout the nation’s Covid-19 lockdown and beyond.

OCP officers are continuing to investigate other members of the same OCG.

Andrew Tickner, OCP senior investigating officer, said:

“Cozminca is an established member of an Albanian organised crime group who believed he could operate with impunity.

“Thanks to concerted effort and skilful work by officers from the NCA and the Metropolitan Police Service, crucial evidence obtained from his EncroChat handle made clear the extent of his criminality, leaving him no choice but to plead guilty.

“We are determined to pursue individuals like Cozminca who think they are above the law, and we will continue to work with our partners to bring them to justice.”

29 June 2024

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UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 (NCA) : Two charged after boat interdiction uncovers 350 kilos of cocaine

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Two men have been charged after £37 million of cocaine was seized from a boat off the coast of Suffolk as part of a National Crime Agency investigation.

NCA officers started an investigation after a rigid hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) was intercepted near East Benacre Broads in Suffolk on Monday (24 June).

A Border Force cutter moved in but the boat initially failed to stop and one of the men was seen jumping from the vessel and swimming towards the beach.

The boat was successfully stopped and seized by Border Force and searched by NCA officers where 350 kilos of cocaine was found hidden under tarpaulin on the front of the RHIB.

Investigators believe the vessel had travelled out to sea where it had met a larger ship and collected the drugs.

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Bruce Knowles, 55, of Dereham, Norfolk, and Ferhat Gumrukguoglu, 31, from the Netherlands, were arrested the same day on suspicion of importing a controlled drug. Officers from Suffolk and Norfolk forces assisted in the arrest of one of the men.

Both were interviewed by NCA investigators and charged to appear at Norwich Magistrates Court. Knowles appeared yesterday (25 June) and was remanded until his next appearance on 23 July. Gumrukguoglu will appear at the same court today (26 June).

Paul Orchard, from the NCA, said:

“This is a very significant seizure of cocaine and will be a huge loss for the organised crime group involved in smuggling it into the UK.

“With thanks to our partners in Border Force, we have been able to remove these dangerous drugs from the market before they reached the streets of the UK, where they would undoubtedly have fuelled further crime and exploitation.

“This seizure is a great example of joint working to disrupt criminal activity and protect the public from serious and organised crime.

“Our investigation into this importation continues.”

26 June 2024

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UK 🇬🇧 : Drug trafficker who went on the run for 10 years jailed following NCA investigation

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A French drug trafficker who was tracked down by the National Crime Agency after spending almost a decade on the run has been jailed for 19 years.

Hoosain Faweez Mungur, 62, was living in a £2 million house in Woodford Green, London, when he was initially arrested on 10 May 2013.

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Border Force officers carried out a search of his car as he got off a ferry at Harwich. Four kilos of cocaine were found concealed inside a spare tyre, and the case was referred to the NCA.

Following questioning Mungur was bailed pending further enquiries, but in 2014 he disappeared after initially telling officers he was returning to France for medical treatment.

In November 2016 a UK-bound lorry was stopped at border controls in Calais. Inside the load officers found 45 kilos of cocaine and 25 kilos of heroin, hidden within a pallet containing boxes of hair extensions.

Evidence uncovered by the NCA showed that Mungur had been the organiser for the shipment and several others in previous months, with companies and phone numbers linked to him recorded on the shipping details.

The drugs would be sent to contacts in the UK and in return, payments were made into bank accounts belonging to front companies set up by Mungur. Two of his co-conspirators would later be jailed for four-and-a-half years each for money laundering offences in 2019.

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Mungur was eventually located and arrested as he attempted to board a flight to the Dominican Republic at Madrid Airport in Spain in June 2023. He was extradited back to the UK two months later to stand trial.

On 20 June a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court found him guilty of three counts of importing class A drugs and one count of money laundering.

The following day a judge sentenced him to 19 years in prison.

NCA Branch Commander Mark Howes said:

« Mungur was a career drug trafficker with convictions in France and Germany before he came to the UK.

« Following his initial arrest he fled the country, and continued his criminal activity from overseas.

« After spending so long at large he may have thought he was safe living abroad, but the NCA worked with international partners to have him returned to the UK to face justice.

« This case demonstrates the NCA’s determination to do all we can to track down and put before the courts those involved in serious organised crime. »

25 June 2024

UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 (Liverpool) : Chemicals used in manufacture of illegal drugs seized

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Chemicals found in vehicle

On the evening of Thursday 27/06/24 officers from the Merseyside Organised Crime Partnership seized a parked van in the Waterloo Road area of Liverpool.

Following a search, the vehicle was found to contain a significant quantity of volatile precursor chemicals used in the production of controlled drugs.

A 63 year old local man was later arrested in the Waterloo Quay area by Organised Crime Partnership Officers and questioned at Merseyside Police premises.

The subject has since been released under investigation.

Merseyside Organised Crime Partnership is a partnership between Merseyside Police and the National Crime Agency, created to protect the communities of Merseyside from Serious Organised Crime.

30 June 2024

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FRANCE 🇨🇵 (cocaïnomane) : l’ex-chroniqueur de TPMP Matthieu Delormeau arrêté à Paris pour achat de cocaïne

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L’animateur de télévision Matthieu Delormeau a été placé en garde à vue lundi 1er juillet, dans les alentours de midi, après avoir été pris en flagrant délit d’achat de cocaïne, selon une information du Parisien. «Il a été entendu en garde à vue au 3e district de police judiciaire, et convoqué en injonction thérapeutique pour usage de stupéfiants», confirme le parquet auprès de Libération.

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AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺: Melbourne airport staff accused of smuggling drugs for organised crime cartels

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Dozens of Melbourne airport staff have been accused of working for organised criminals trying to smuggle drugs into Australia.

Aviation workers were the subject of a Border Force investigation targeting criminals in airport supply chains.

The investigation discovered 70 staff at Melbourne airport had breached security checks over the past 12 months, with some suspected of working within organised crime.

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