Top Ten Cities for arresting Americans
The top 10 cities where Americans were arrested and the number taken into custody:
1. Tijuana: 520
2. Guadalajara: 416
3. Nuevo Laredo: 359
4. London: 274
5. Mexico City: 208
6. Toronto: 183
7. Nassau, Bahamas: 108
8. Mérida, Mexico: 99
9. Nogales, Mexico: 96
10. Hong Kong: 90
2,500 citizens are arrested abroad. One third of the arrests are on drug-related charges. Many of those arrested assumed as U.S. citizens that they could not be arrested. From Asia to Africa, Europe to South America, citizens are finding out the hard way that drug possession or trafficking equals jail in foreign countries.Disclaimer: The statements and articles listed here, and any opinions, are those of the writers alone, and neither are opinions of nor reflect the views of this Blog. Aggregated content created by others is the sole responsibility of the writers and its accuracy and completeness are not endorsed or guaranteed. This goes for all those links, too: Blogs have no control over the information you access via such links, does not endorse that information, cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information provided or any analysis based thereon, and shall not be responsible for it or for the consequences of your use of that information.
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Stanley Chimezie and Francis Obasi were caught trying to bring in half a kilo of the Class A drug – with a street value of £39,000 – from South America.
They were sentenced to a total of 12 years behind bars at Carlisle Crown Court and their conviction has sparked a stark warning from police to those involved in peddling lethal drugs.Detective Chief Inspector Paul Duhig said: “This marks the culmination of a thorough investigation by Cumbria police which illustrates that serious and organised crime will not be tolerated.“Those responsible will be actively targeted and brought to justice.”Security guard Chimezie, 23, of Hawes Street, Carlisle, was jailed for five years and three months on Thursday while Obasi, 29, of Abbeywood in London, was sentenced to six years and nine month. Both pleaded guilty to conspiring to import cocaine.They were apprehended during Operation Alston and arrested in July 2007 after police intercepted the paintings being delivered to a house in Chatsworth Square, Carlisle.Judge Peter Hughes QC was told that Chimezie was offered £500 to receive the parcel.The cocaine – of between 68 and 79 per cent purity – was concealed in the back of three paintings sent by express mail with Parcel Force.The parcel, which came from Guyana, was intercepted at customs. It was delivered by a policeman on July 17 last year, addressed to a fictitious name at a flat in Chatsworth Square.
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Congratulations to the drug enforcement team in cracking this drug smuggling link. We are aware of the negative effects of taking class A drugs in our communities. It's a crime to be checked at all cost. But my worries with this case, is the sentencing of the accused(Stanley Chimezie). I personally feel, the sentence metted out on this particular person is harsh and cruel. Did the judge look at the criminal record of this prisoner and did he consider any mitigating circumstances before passing his judgement. I have known this prisoner for a period of time working as a cleaner and a factory worker prior to this incident and I believe he was being misled into this shit though it's no defence to having committed this sort of crime. The criminal justice system in this country should be just and fair on all accused persons irrespective of race. Hope this case is reviewed in the near future and his sentenced reduced.
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