PARKING LOT BUST NETS 242 POUNDS OF COCAINE.Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer Glendale police seized 242 pounds of cocaine cocaine (kōkān`, kō`kān), alkaloid drug derived from the leaves of the coca shrub. A commonly abused illegal drug, cocaine has limited medical uses, most often in surgical applications that take advantage of the fact that, in valued at $33 million Tuesday and arrested a 35-year-old woman who officers said had been transporting the drugs in a Jeep Cherokee Jeep Cherokee can refer to five different SUV models produced by Jeep from 1974 to the present:
The woman was arrested in the parking lot of the Thrifty thrifty said of livestock that put on body weight or produce in other ways with a minimum of feed. The opposite of illthrift. Drug Store at the intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. of North Central Avenue and Harvard Street at around 3 p.m. Tuesday. Police found the cocaine in three cardboard boxes cardboard box n → caja de cartón cardboard box n → (boîte f en) carton m cardboard box card n → in the back of the Jeep, which the woman had parked in the Thrifty lot. "It's a significant amount of cocaine. Its ultimate financial value will cross into the $33 million range," said Lt. Mark Distaso of the Glendale Police Department. "What we're dealing with is somebody who was obviously at the distribution level. Obviously she's not the one who is solely responsible." Police suspect the drugs, 110 kilograms in all, were being trafficked through a "typical effort" of Colombian and Mexican nationals. "There is a trend to see a lot of people of Middle Eastern origin involved," Distaso said. Distaso said the woman is being held at the Glendale jail, but did not have information about her bail or when her arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted is scheduled. Police refused to identify her because the investigation is continuing and they are hoping to make further arrests. The suspect was booked on suspicion of transporting the cocaine and possession of the drug for sale, he said. |
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