Oshawa trucker hauling a just-in-time delivery of aircraft parts is idling in a jail in Buffalo, N.Y., after being accused of hauling 125 kilograms of marijuana in his cargo. U.S. border officials say Monday's seizure brings the total of Ontario marijuana seized from Toronto-area trucks crossing the border to more than $10 million in the last year. U.S. Customs says it has arrested two Toronto-area truckers each month for smuggling drugs. In this case, the trucker was arrested while taking a load to New Jersey. He was crossing at the Peace Bridge when his rig was examined with gamma-ray technology. Police from both sides of the border are now targeting crime rings using trucking companies for cross-border smuggling. "We have seen an increase in the smuggling of marijuana in the last five years,'' Kevin Corsaro of U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.
Daniel Bailey has been told to pay up £194,370 by a court. If he fails to hand over the money within six months, he will face a three-year jail term.
Daniel Bailey (35) avoided prison when he received a 26-week suspended sentence after pleading guilty to producing cannabis. But following a separate investigation into his finances by police, he has been told to pay up £194,370 by a court. If he fails to hand over the money within six months, he will face a three-year jail term.During a hearing brought by police under the Proceeds of Crime Act, Lincoln Crown Court was told officers swooped on Bailey's home, near Spalding, on August 5, 2005. They searched the property and found 22 cannabis plants growing among the flowers in his back garden.More cannabis seedlings were discovered in a shed, and two small lumps of the drug were seized in the house.Bailey was subsequently convicted of production of cannabis, which triggered the probe into his financial affairs.The further enquiries showed that in the six years before his arrest, Bailey had claimed incapacity benefit and income support to the tune of more than £21,000, to which he was...
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