U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Dateline DEA Update

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Dateline DEA

Drug Enforcement Administration's Biweekly E-mail Informant  

 

 

_June 29, 2012_ 

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*Top Stories from the DEA, June 16-29, 2012*

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*International Drug Trafficker Extradited from Czech Republic to U.S.**

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On June 22* *Shiraz Malik, 34, an alleged international drug trafficker, was extradited from the Czech Republic to Sacramento, California. Malik faces criminal charges connected to a wide-ranging drug trafficking organization he controlled that used the Internet and front companies in Europe to sell various drugs and controlled substances to customers worldwide. He was arrested at the Prague International Airport on September 8, 2011, following a lengthy investigation that included undercover meetings in three European countries.

 

According to the indictment, Malik sold pharmaceuticals, drugs, and highly regulated chemicals to customers in the U.S. and elsewhere and conspired to launder the profits of that activity. DEA agents learned of two Internet websites that were offering to sell and illegally import into the U.S. pharmaceutical drugs and regulated chemicals. These sites referred customers to email addresses associated with Malik. Undercover agents then purchased pharmaceutical drugs, ephedrine, ketamine, heroin and other drugs and they were shipped to agents in California. Undercover agents also met with Malik posing as U.S.-based illegal drug dealers and had discussions about future purchases. Orders were taken via the Internet and drugs were sent from Pakistan to the "customers." Malik also sold large quantities of ephedrine to one or more customers in Mexico, the country of origin for most of the methamphetamine sold in the United States.

 

Click Here to Read the DEA Press Release [ http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2012/sf062512b.html ]

 

 

*Congress Agrees to Add 26 Synthetic Drugs to Controlled Substances Act*

 

DEA commended House and Senate negotiators for agreeing on legislation to control 26 synthetic drugs under the Controlled Substances Act, including many commonly found in products marketed as "K2" and "Spice." The addition of these chemicals to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act will be included as part of S. 3187, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act. Schedule I substances are those with a high potential for abuse; have no medical use in treatment in the United States; and lack an accepted safety for use of the drug.

 

In addition to scheduling the 26 drugs, the new law would also double the length of time a substance may be temporarily placed in Schedule I (from 18 to 36 months).  In addition to explicitly naming 26 substances, the legislation creates a new definition for "cannabamimetic agents," creating a criterion by which similar chemical compounds can be controlled.

 

Click Here to Read the DEA Press Release [ http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr061912.html ]

 

 

*Dozen Indicted in Major Ohio Cocaine Trafficking Case*

 

In an indictment unsealed on June 22, four Akron men and two brothers from California hid drugs inside engine blocks they shipped across the country as a way to smuggle more than 220 pounds of cocaine into Akron/Canton area over the past year. The men were among a dozen people named in a federal indictment charging offenses related to cocaine and marijuana trafficking and related financial crimes.

 

Among the charges is participation by the defendants in a conspiracy to distribute and to possess cocaine hidden inside the engine blocks, which were shipped from a shop in Ontario, California to locations in Akron and Canton Ohio between mid-2011 and April 2012, according to the indictment. Nine shipments involving a total of at least 100 kilograms of cocaine were made this way. The drugs were then taken to private homes and distributed to other dealers.

 

Click Here to Read the DEA Press Release [ http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2012/det062012.html ]

 

 

*DEA Albuquerque, New Mexico Office Dedicated to Special Agent Forrest Leamon*

 

On June 21 the newly constructed DEA Albuquerque District Office was dedicated to Special Agent Forrest Leamon who perished during a FAST mission in Afghanistan on October 26, 2009. Deputy Administrator Thomas Harrigan and Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit spoke at the ceremony. In addition, Forrest's mother, Sue Leamon, thanked members of the El Paso Division for continuously remembering Forrest with events such as this dedication.  

 

Click Here to See Pictures and Read the DEA Press Release [ http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2012/elpaso062112.html ]

 

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*DID YOU KNOW?* 

 

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