Police on Grand Bahama have launched n investigation into the recovery of over $3.5 million worth of cocaine in Grand Bahama

Police on Grand Bahama have launched n investigation into the recovery of over $3.5 million worth of cocaine in Grand Bahama on Sunday afternoon. According to Chief Superintendent of Police Basil Rahming, Drug Enforcement Unit officers seized the contraband shortly after it arrived at the Freeport Container Port.He said a team of Interdiction Officers acted on information they received when they went to the Freeport Container Port around 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, where they commenced inquiries.Supt. Rahming said that while inspecting the contents of a 40 ft metal container that had just been off-loaded onto the storage bay, the officers discovered three large black duffle bags that were concealed among a shipment of sugar.These suspicious bags were retrieved and taken to the DEU headquarters, where,upon inspection, they were found to contain a total of one hundred and twenty-eight (128) kilos of cocaine, that have an estimated street value of three and one half (3.5) million dollars he said.Supt. Rahming reported that the concealed narcotics had just arrived at the Container Port aboard the MSC Peru, that was inbound from Buenaventura, Colombia and it's cargo of containers were in transit to Port Au Prince, Haiti.The captain and crew of the vessel were interviewed, but no arrests were made he said. The seized contraband have since been flown to New Providence aboard an 'Operation Bat' helicopter, where DEU officials will be continuing the investigation, along with International Law Enforcement agencies he reported.

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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...

Vanessa and Juan Bedoya, Meneses and Rodriguez-Jimenez are being held in DuPage County Jail in lieu of $1 million bond each.

Vanessa Bedoya, 37, and Juan Bedoya, 38, both of the 1400 block of Green Oak Trail, Aurora, were charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.Juan Meneses, 32, and Gonzalo Rodriguez-Jimenez, 38, both of the 800 block of Amli Court, Aurora, were charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, the Kane County state's attorney's office said.According to prosecutors, on March 25, Rodriguez-Jimenez and Meneses delivered more than 900 grams of cocaineto another unnamed person. Later, more than 900 grams of cocaine were recovered from Juan and Vanessa Bedoya, who are married. The cocaine was recovered at the home of Francisco Bedoya, 36, also of the 1400 block of Green Oak Trail, Aurora. In addition, more than 900 grams of cocaine was recovered in the home of Juan and Vanessa Bedoya, prosecutors said. Officers searched three Aurora homes Tuesday and found 15 kilograms of cocaine, worth about $4.5 million, along with $50,000 in cash and two vehicle...

Riaz Mohammed, used a string of front companies to ship the highly addictive narcotic from Turkey.

Riaz Mohammed, used a string of front companies to ship the highly addictive narcotic from Turkey.The Court heard the "sophisticated" operation involved hiding half-kilo packages of the Class A substance in the hollowed out struts of wooden pallets. But despite the gang's best efforts each of the three importations - two to Dover docks and one which arrived at Heathrow airport - were intercepted during an investigation by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca).Altogether 24kg of the drug - with an estimated street value of £2.3 million - was seized. In the dock with Mohammed, 41, of Lancaster Road, Leytonstone, east London (25 years), were his lieutenant Ibrahim Janturk, 52, from Tottenham, north London (22 years), and "footsoldiers" Cetin Albar, 35, who lived in Clapton Common, east London, and Emircan Aytac, 48, of Boyson Road, Walworth, south-east London, who got 16 years each.Mohammed was convicted by a jury of three counts of conspiracy to import heroin ...

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