Criminology and Psychology

Authorities say warehouses and land bought by drug smugglers who made millions of dollars by bringing marijuana into Alaska from British Columbia are going on the auction block. One of the items to be auctioned off Thursday was an Anchorage warehouse once used to unload hundreds of pounds of marijuana, according to the Anchorage Daily News. The drug smuggling operation was started by Anchorage real-estate investor Thomas Cody and his partner Joe Bryant, according to federal court documents. Authorities say the drug ring made at least $10 million between 2000 and 2006. The operation ended with Cody being murdered, Bryant dead in a suicide and co-conspirators Thomas Ranes and Dennis Shine in prison. Thursday's auction was the last chapter in the doings of the notorious drug smuggling operation, as the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department sell off property the drug dealers used to launder money, authorities said. Many of the smugglers' vehicles have already been...