Drug Smuggling
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Jonathan Womble smuggled drugs to D.C. jail inmates, documents allege
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The D.C. jail guard who was arrested in February for having marijuana in his locker was allegedly smuggling the drugs to an inmate, the Washington Examiner reports.
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13 convicted in khat smuggling case sentenced
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Five men and women convicted of smuggling millions of dollars' worth of the illegal African drug khat into the U.S. all received prison sentences of one year or less.
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Northern Virginia/Honduras drug ring: 28 arrested in alleged cocaine ring
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More than two dozen people from Maryland and Virginia have been arrested for their roles in a Northern Virginia-based drug ring in which they allegedly trafficked cocaine from Honduras into the United States, officials say.
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Cocaine chocolate bars discovered at Dulles Airport
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The drug smugglers who continue to try to send narcotics through Dulles Airport continue to get more creative. On Sunday, Customs officials discovered cocaine stashed inside chocolate bars.
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California police officers charged with trying to smuggle drugs in Virginia
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Three central California men, including one current and another former police officer, were arrested last week after DEA officials say they tried to move 27 pounds of marijuana into Virginia.
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Dulles drug smuggling: Michael Ayodele allegedly caught with nearly two pounds of heroin
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Another person has been caught allegedly trying to smuggle drugs through Washington Dulles International Airport, just two weeks after another man was caught carrying heroin on a flight from Ghana to Washington, customs officials say.
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Adekunle Titus Adetokunbo arrested at Dulles after swallowing heroin
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A man flying from Ghana to Washington Dulles International Airport was arrested last Thursday after he swallowed almost one pound of heroin, officials say.
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Jonathan Latif Chase pleads guilty in St. Mary's County drug ring
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A St. Mary's County man was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday after becoming the 15th person to plead guilty in a wide-ranging drug dealing operation.
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18+ pounds of cocaine found on plane at Dulles
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Authorities discovered more than 18 pounds of cocaine on a plane at Dulles International Airport Wednesday that was bound for Bogota.
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Drug smuggling suspect arrested at Dulles
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Authorities at Dulles arrested a man who was allegedly smuggling 97 pellets of heroin inside himself.
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18 arrested, including 12 locals, in khat distribution ring
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The arrests are in connection with a large-scale scheme to transport and distribute "khat." The alleged ringleader lives in Arlington.
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