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| I-94 a major drug pipeline
I-94 a major drug pipeline 4/30/08 Michigan Quote:
VAN BUREN CO. — A big drug bust on I-94 in Michigan could be bigger than first thought.
Federal agents are investigating after they uncovered nearly $2 million worth of cocaine Tuesday in Van Buren County.
"The troopers who stopped it and the motor carrier officer — they were excited, no doubt about it," said Sgt. Rich Dragomer of the Michigan State Police.
Acting on information from another agency, state police and federal agents pulled over a Canadian semi-truck and another car along I-94.
They say they found 140 pounds of cocaine hidden in three duffel bags in the cab of the semi.
It's worth $1.8 million, but on the street police say it could go for even more.
Police say it's one of their largest busts on I-94, which they consider a major pipeline for drugs.
"That Detroit - Chicago connection is huge," commented Capt. Paul Toliver of the Berrien County Sheriff's Department.
Last year on I-94 in Berrien County alone, police seized $230,000 worth of marijuana in one car. They found $100,000 worth of cocaine in another car.
On one traffic stop they found almost $146,000 in a hidden compartment.
On another stop police found more than $240,000 hidden.
"The drugs will come into Chicago or Detroit and the money will flow the opposite way," said Toliver. "So, we'll see what we call mules running drugs in one direction and they'll run the money back."
More here ...... http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/18428009.html |  |
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