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Man, 23, alleged boss of $1B drug operation [CAN]
#10646055 - 07/09/09 07:18 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quebec man alleged boss of US$1B drug operation July 9, 2009 - nationalpost.com
U. S. authorities say a drug network led by a 23-year-old Quebec man nicknamed "Goofy" moved nearly US$1-billion worth of drugs into the United States from Canada through a native reserve and a secluded border crossing in Quebec.
Eight Canadian residents, including Steven Sarti of Brossard, Que., the alleged boss, are named in a U. S. federal indictment unsealed yesterday along with five U. S. residents charged after a two-year police probe called Operation Iron Curtain.
"Sarti organized and implemented a sophisticated scheme to smuggle narcotics and currency across the United States border into and from Canada. Principally, the organization delivered large quantities of marijuana on a weekly basis to various narcotics dealers in New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and other locations, in exchange for large sums of United States currency," the indictment alleges.
"Sarti was responsible for co-ordinating shipments of narcotics from the organization's sources of supply in Canada, arranging for transportation of the narcotics across the Canadian border, delivering the narcotics to the organization's customers and smuggling currency from the United States into Canada for payment to the organization's sources of supply."
The group usually made its border runs using rental vehicles carrying marijuana in heat-sealed bags labelled with the type of marijuana and then placed in large hockey bags. The group marketed different types under names that included Mango, Pink Haze, Super Jack, Bubblecious, Sour Grape and Diesel, authorities said.
Authorities estimated the groups moved about US$250-million worth of drugs each year for the past four years.
Much of the marijuana moved through a compound on the Akwesasne reserve -- which spans the Ontario-Quebec-New York borders -- owned by Richard Todd Adams, 35, of Summerton, Ont., who is also known by the nickname "Acid Adams," according to authorities.
The marijuana was taken across the St. Lawrence River by boat or snowmobile, depending on the season.
The ring also used a secluded, rural area near Churubusco, N. Y., about 80 kilo-metres south of Montreal, where Canadians dressed in camouflaged clothing carried hockey bags of marijuana by foot through the woods to a truck waiting on the U. S. side.
The couriers were typically paid between $50 and $70 for each pound of marijuana successfully delivered.
The ring's activities ended on June 10, shortly before the arrest of Mr. Sarti in Vermont. He remains in jail awaiting trial.
Yesterday, authorities executed several warrants and took alleged co-conspirators into custody.
Most of the men are charged with conspiracy to possess with intend to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and conspiracy to import more than 1,000 kilograms of the drug.
Mr. Sarti and five other Canadians are also charged with conspiracy to launder money. As the alleged boss, Mr. Sarti, and his alleged right-hand man, Edward "The Russian" Kener, 31, of Florida, are charged with conducting a continuing criminal enterprise.
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jwes420
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Re: Man, 23, alleged boss of $1B drug operation [CAN] [Re: veggie]
#10646208 - 07/09/09 08:08 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Shit!!! There goes all my local weed!
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Re: Man, 23, alleged boss of $1B drug operation [CAN] [Re: jwes420]
#10646222 - 07/09/09 08:14 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Oh fuck.
Bad news. I hope they exaggarated the price.
Probably pick up an O in case shit gets even more dry.
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Re: Man, 23, alleged boss of $1B drug operation [CAN] [Re: jwes420]
#10646225 - 07/09/09 08:15 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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I think I had some of this... my shit used to be "diesel from Canada, shipped through NY" from what I was told back then.
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Re: Man, 23, alleged boss of $1B drug operation [CAN] [Re: RoosterCogburn]
#10647259 - 07/09/09 12:42 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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ha shit sucks
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Re: Man, 23, alleged boss of $1B drug operation [CAN] [Re: RoosterCogburn]
#10647682 - 07/09/09 02:01 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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RoosterCogburn said: I think I had some of this... my shit used to be "diesel from Canada, shipped through NY" from what I was told back then. 
I was definitely getting this nug.
Fuckin' crazy.
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Re: Man, 23, alleged boss of $1B drug operation [CAN] [Re: Around In Circles]
#10647900 - 07/09/09 02:42 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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If they are not lying about it being 1 billion then thats just fucking crazy! Jesus Christ if there are many other people that operate at this level- thats bringing in so much cash. I know the dea wants to stop this, but if the Canadain gov't was smart, they would turn a blind eye. Cannabis and MDMA are now major exports worth billions, if they were suddenly halted, the pinch would be felt.
thers's probably hundreds of similar groups out there
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Re: Man, 23, alleged boss of $1B drug operation [CAN] [Re: Satival]
#10649149 - 07/09/09 07:04 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Wow, 23, that is pretty crazy. I wonder how ones gets to the top of a 250 million smuggling ring that young.
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Re: Man, 23, alleged boss of $1B drug operation [CAN] [Re: Lennyk]
#10651377 - 07/10/09 03:10 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Ya, I wouldn't be surprised if he was just taking the fall for someone who is much more powerful. He's just the "alleged boss."
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Re: Man, 23, alleged boss of $1B drug operation [CAN] [Re: Mana]
#10651629 - 07/10/09 07:17 AM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Crazy so many people on here were getting these buds. I read about a kid from Penn State University in the news paper getting busted getting shit from this guy, something like 30 lbs every week or so. I never had any of the bud but small world none the less.
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Re: Man, 23, alleged boss of $1B drug operation [CAN] [Re: Mana]
#10653868 - 07/10/09 04:21 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Mana said: Ya, I wouldn't be surprised if he was just taking the fall for someone who is much more powerful. He's just the "alleged boss."
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