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‘Precious’ Director’s Sister Charged In NYC
NEW YORK (AP) _ The sister of “Precious” director Lee Daniels has been charged with removing guns and cash from her California house following her husband’s arrest on drug smuggling charges. Leah...
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Texas Men Sentenced In NJ For Immigrant Smuggling
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Two men who admitted conspiring with human smugglers to transport illegal immigrants from Texas to the Northeast have been sentenced to prison. Forty-three-year-old Angel Bravo of...
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Jamaican Drug Trafficker Sentenced In NY
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – A Jamaican man has been sentenced in New York to 20 years in prison for his role in smuggling cocaine and marijuana into the U.S. using commercial airlines. David Christie...
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Six People Arrested In Int’l Opium Smuggling Ring Dubbed ‘Operation Flying...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Two people were taken into custody Thursday morning on Long Island in connection with a international opium smuggling operation. The pair, identified as 52-year-old Mehrdad...
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Corrections Officers Sentenced In Bribery Scheme
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – Two former corrections officers who smuggled a cellphone to an inmate at a New Jersey prison for sex offenders have been sentenced to prison terms. State prosecutors say...
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Feds Raid Several 7-Eleven Stores On Long Island
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Federal agents and police raided nearly a dozen Long Island 7-Eleven stores on Monday morning as part of an investigation into identity theft and human smuggling. Nine...
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Police: Woman Caught With More Than 6 Pounds Of Cocaine At JFK
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There was a shocking find at customs at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday. A woman named Erika Rodriguez was caught with more than 6 pounds of cocaine stuffed...
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Colombian Man Accused Of Smuggling Heroin In Sofas To Sell In NYC
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Colombian man ran a drug ring that hid millions of dollars of heroin inside sofas to ship it to Miami and ultimately sell it in New York City, according to authorities....
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Fossils Dealer Gets 3 Months In Prison For Smuggling Tyrannosaurus Skeleton
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A New York U.S. District judge on Tuesday sentenced a Florida fossils dealer to three months in prison for smuggling a 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus skeleton out of...
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Customs Officials: Cocaine Found Smuggled In Cookies At Newark Liberty...
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – According to officials, a Guatemalan man who arrived in Newark had packed more than just a snack in his luggage. As WCBS 880′s Jim Smith reported, Customs and Border...
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2 Correction Officers Accused Of Smuggling Drugs Into Rikers Island
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Two New York City correction officers were charged Tuesday with trafficking cocaine and smuggling oxycodone and contraband into the Rikers Island jail complex. Steven...
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Spanish Navy Training Ship Allegedly Smuggled Cocaine To New York
MADRID (CBSNewYork/AP) — Spanish police say they have seized 127 kilograms of cocaine from Spanish navy training ship, which allegedly carried the drug from Colombia and dropped off some in New York. A...
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Rikers Correction Officer Convicted Of Smuggling Pot, Other Items
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Rikers Island correction officer was convicted Friday of smuggling drugs and other items into the jail. As WCBS 880’s Irene Cornell reported, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara...
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Prosecutors: Picasso Painting Was Stolen In France, Smuggled Into U.S. As ‘Toy’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Picasso painting worth millions of dollars was stolen in France, and smuggled into the U.S. by someone who falsely labeled it as an “art craft” when it was shipped,...
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Officials: Jamaican Man Found With Cocaine In Underwear At JFK International...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A Jamaican man flying into John F. Kennedy airport was found with about a pound of cocaine hidden in his underwear, Customs and Border Patrol agents said. Romario Lewis faces...
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2 Men From India Charged With Smuggling Foreign Nationals Into US Through...
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Two Indian nationals are accused of conspiring with an undercover federal agent to smuggle people from Thailand to New Jersey. Nileshkumar Patel, 41, and Harsad Mehta,...
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Rikers Island Correction Officer Accused Of Smuggling Contraband
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A correction officer at Rikers Island is accused of smuggling contraband into the prison. As WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb reported, the Department of Investigation followed a tip that...
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Officials: Woman Stashed $50,000 Of Cocaine In Coffee Bags
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Jamaican woman was arrested after allegedly attempting to smuggle around $50,000 worth of cocaine hidden in coffee bags into John F. Kennedy Airport, officials said. Sherese...
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2 Would-Be Smugglers Found With Cocaine Taped Under Their Pants On Same...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It’s not exactly what you’d call a fashion trend, but it does seem to be more common these days. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two travelers on the same flight...
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Officials: Man Tries To Smuggle 34 Live Birds Into US In Carry-On Luggage
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Connecticut man was caught at John F. Kennedy International Airport with dozens of live birds in his carry-on luggage. Francis Gurahoo, of Connecticut, was caught at JFK...
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