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New Bush Admin drug control report cites Cedar Rapids as part of 'Operation Tien Can' success
John McGlothlen
Mar. 3, 2008 11:12 am
From 2008 National Drug Control Strategy report released Saturday:
[naviga:font size="3"]In September 2007, ICE agents arrested 25 members of the Nguyen Vo money laundering and drug smuggling organization in the United States and Canada. Agents also executed federal search warrants in Los Angeles; Orange County, California; Houston; Dallas; Minneapolis; Davenport, Iowa; and [naviga:font color="#ff0000"]Cedar Rapids, Iowa[/naviga:font], and were present while the RCMP executed arrest and search warrants in Toronto, Canada. Ultimately, this 10-month investigation led by the ICE office in Houston and the RCMP's Integrated Proceeds of Crime Unit in Toronto, Canada, resulted in the complete dismantling of the Nguyen Vo organization and the arrest of Nguyen Vo and Helen Tran, the group's leaders. In addition, [naviga:font size="3" face="Univers LT Std 47 Cn Lt,Univers LT Std 47 Cn Lt"]Operation Tien Can [/naviga:font][naviga:font size="3"]resulted in the seizure of approximately $7.8 million in U.S. currency, $305,000 in Canadian currency, 85 kilograms of cocaine, and 803 pounds of marijuana. ...[/naviga:font][/naviga:font]
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