Two B.C. men are facing charges after being pulled over in a truck carrying $3.5-million in cocaine, U.S. media are reporting.The men were pulled over in California between the towns of Barstow and Victorville, about 150 kilometres northeast of Los Angeles. Police noticed their truck bed appeared shallower than it should be.Police seized the vehicle, and used a fork lift to remove the truck bed. They discovered an elaborately hidden stash of powdered cocaine totalling 68 kilograms with a street value local police think to be about $3.5-million.The B.C. men are in their 20s, according to the report.
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...
Comments
Post a Comment