A second criminal complaint charges another four defendants for their roles in the alleged methamphetamine scheme. Authorities say they seized more than $20 million in cash during an alleged drug bust at a Miami home and business Tuesday in what’s being touted as one of the largest single cash seizures in Miami … A raid of the home of a suspected Miami-Dade drug trafficker turned up a whopping $24 million in cash, all sealed in buckets. Attorneys for the other men didn't immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press seeking comment. He also said he was not aware the baggage on the flight contained cocaine, though he admitted helping load the bags onto the plane for the trip from St. Thomas to Miami, the Herald reported. By viewing our video content, you are accepting the terms of our. by: Paul Rodzinka, WDTN.com Staff. Two others, Trevon Adams and Anthon Berkley, were arrested later, officials said. 1/21/1987, Robin Shields-Cohen/Miami Herald Staff: Brother and two sisters try to calm down after the DEA shooting in their home at Royal Melbourn in Miami Lakes. Drugs and gun seized were seized early this morning as police agencies executed search warrants at South Beach apartments. MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Multiple people are in jail Tuesday night after a trafficking bust at a Miami Springs hotel. The leader of a Mexican drug cartel and five others have been charged with importing over 1,100 pounds of methamphetamine into the US. For years, a group dubbed the King Enterprise supplied most of the cocaine to Perrine in Southwest Miami-Dade, authorities say. Items were put on display at the FBI headquarters in North Miami. Only NBC 6 was in Miami Beach after a Drug Enforcement Administration raid that targeted alleged dealers pushing crystal meth throughout the area. He later surrendered. “We will continue to work with our foreign and domestic partners to keep these poisonous substances from reaching our streets.”, “As the threat of methamphetamine continues to grow in Florida, this was yet another brazen attempt by a highly organized and dangerous foreign criminal group to set up a significant methamphetamine pipeline from Mexico directly into the Miami Metro Area.” said DEA’s Miami Field Division Special Agent in Charge Keith Weis. Officials said the defendants are charged with drug conspiracy, drug trafficking, drug importation, and other crimes. Officials said that as Customs and Border Protection officers inspected the baggage, Mike fled the airport. Investigators said that Berkeley was going to travel from Orlando to Miami to pick up a kilogram of cocaine from the plane shipment and deliver it to a buyer in Orlando. • Miami Police Officer Roberto Asanza, arrested last June after the FBI found ten bags of cocaine and two bags of marijuana from a drug bust in his truck. Federal immigration authorities place detainer on Victor Yanez after drug bust; insight from The Miami Herald's David Ovalle on 'The Ingraham Angle. MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLORIDA- According to the reports of the U.S Customs and Border Protection officers, a traveler was found in action when trying to smuggle two pounds of Cocaine when the officers made the drug bust at the Miami International Airport. U.S. Capitol Complex on Lockdown Due to External Security Threat, Officials: Elementary Teacher Solicited Sex With 2-Year-Old, Miami Commissioner Accused of Poking, Pushing City Employee During Event, Copyright © 2021 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. The passenger has attempted smuggling in two ways, by hiding cocaine in his sandal and by swallowing 28 pellets. WEST MIAMI, FL — Two males have been arrested after a Miami-Dade police officer was shot and wounded throughout a drug bust in West Miami, the Miami-Dade Police Department mentioned in a information launch Thursday. Nicolas … By 2001, Los Miami had become one of the largest drug networks in Europe, collaborating with Colombian cartels to ship cocaine to Spain via land and sea, authorities believe. It was the largest amount of meth ever seized in Miami-Dade County, officials said. Both Comparan-Rodriguez and Rustrian were arrested in Guatemala on March 30, 2021. Miami-Dade police are cracking down on drug dealers, and an operation Wednesday led to the arrests of six people. (WSVN) - Miami-Dade Police made a drug bust Sunday in Southwest Miami-Dade. achardy@elnuevoherald.com. According to the complaint, customs officers received permission to search David’s smartphone and found messages between him and Teshawn Adams that read: “moving product,” “recruiting flight attendants,” “invest all the money from our bricks,” “meeting the big dogs in Santo Domingo,” and “living off the airport trips,” according to the complaint. MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLORIDA- According to the reports of the U.S Customs and Border Protection officers, a traveler was found in action when trying to smuggle two pounds of Cocaine when the officers made the drug bust at the Miami International Airport. This investigation and prosecution was carried out by members of the South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force. 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Teshawn Adams also told the officers that another associate, Trevon Adams, planned to travel from Tampa to Miami to pick up the passengers with their cocaine load and take them to Orlando, authorities said. Federal authorities seized nearly 300 bricks of cocaine during a routine X-ray baggage inspection after a U.S. Virgin Islands charter flight landed at an executive airport in South Florida on Tuesday night. MIAMI (AP) — More than 300 kilos of cocaine bricks were found during a baggage scan at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport. Posted: Sep 26, 2019 / 11:05 AM EDT / Updated: Sep 26, 2019 / 04:48 PM EDT. Shakim Mike and Teshawn Adams are with the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department, the newspaper reported. “These significant arrests and drug seizures of crystal methamphetamine should serve notice that the United States, working hand-in-hand with our international partners, will not stop until drug traffickers at the highest levels are brought to justice,” said Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Juan Antonio Gonzalez. Officials said the drugs never hit the streets. Online court records didn't list an attorney for Teshawn Adams. ©2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. MIAMI (WSVN) - Police made several arrests in a large drug bust in a South Florida community, and took 7News behind-the-scenes. 19 indicted, 12 jailed in Miami Valley drug trafficking bust Local News. Details of this previously unpublicized case are now unfolding in Miami federal court. The defendants made their initial appearances and are scheduled for detention hearings in federal magistrate court in Miami on April 7, 2021. Six people, including two police officers, were arrested after agents found 328 kilograms of cocaine in 294 plastic-wrapped bricks of cocaine at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport on Tuesday night, the Miami Herald reported. All rights reserved. Police: Rookie K-9 Finds 60 Pounds Of Meth In First Drug BustA rookie K-9 officer in California has already made a big impression on his new department after finding nearly 60 pounds of meth in a suspect's car. MIAMI — It was a throwback bust right out of " Miami Vice." “The bricks were inside several duffle bags and suitcases belonging to the only passengers on the private plane,” according to a criminal complaint filed by Homeland Security Investigations. One of the top leaders of drug trafficking in Miami was Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco, who was a pioneer in cocaine trafficking and was responsible for more than 200 murders. Venezuelan ties to drug busts at Miami airport discovered By Alfonso Chardy. During questioning, Teshawn Adams told Customs officers that he arranged with Mike to smuggle the cocaine on the private charter flight from St. Thomas, officials said. During questioning, David told agents that he knew Mike and Teshawn Adams from his work with the U.S. Army National Guard. Trevon Adams, who was in Tampa, said he was supposed to get paid between $9,000 and $10,000 for transporting the passengers and their cocaine on the flight, the newspaper reported. Secretly working with Miami-Dade police detectives, an informant arranged to buy cocaine from a suspected drug dealer outside a Kendall gas station last month. Miami soon became known as the "Drug Capital of the World" due to ensuing turf wars between drug lords. According to reporting from NBC 6 Miami, at least eleven people were arrested in a coordinated drug raid that occurred throughout multiple locations across Miami-Dade County, Florida. Gov. MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The leader of a Mexican drug cartel and five others have been charged with importing over 1,100 pounds of methamphetamine into the US. Alfonso Rustrian, 34, of Mexico, has also been charged as a coconspirator. Attorney Marshall Dore Louis said he looks forward to vigorously defending Leanard. The bust was led by the Hammocks MDPD District’s gang unit. MIAMI (WSVN) - Authorities said they made a big drug bust inside a freighter that was crossing the Miami River. The feds discovered 294 plastic-wrapped bricks of cocaine during a routine X-ray baggage inspection after a U.S. Virgin Islands charter flight landed at Opa-locka Executive Airport Tuesday night. A cocaine bust by Drug Enforcement Administration agents turned into … Berkeley told investigators that he was supposed to be paid $18,000. Julio Juan Garcia, 23, was arrested and charged with second-degree tried homicide of a regulation enforcement officer, a felony. Miami Man On Bike Busted For Drugs In Key WestFailure to stop at a stop sign landed a Miami man in jail in Key West for drug possession. The four defendants who were aboard the plane are U.S. citizens residing in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, according to the complaint. Nearly a Dozen People Arrested in Miami-Dade County Drug Bust. Those initially arrested included Shakim Mike, Maleek Leanard, Roystin David and Teshawn Adams, the newspaper reported. Investigators said that Berkeley was going to travel from Orlando to Miami to pick up a kilogram of cocaine from the plane shipment and deliver it to a buyer in Orlando. An attorney for Berkeley declined to comment on the case. He told agents that Mike paid half of the charter fees — $11,000 — up front, and then gave money orders to Teshawn Adams to pay another $11,000, the Herald reported. Authorities have charged Adalberto Fructuoso Comparan-Rodriguez, a/k/a “Fruto,” 57, who is the former mayor of Aguililla, Mexico and, according to the allegations, the leader of the United Cartels in Michoacán, Mexico, with drug trafficking crimes. In September, a grand jury indicted Hernandez and 10 others on drug-trafficking charges. Authorities said the drug was hidden inside concrete tiles and dissolved within five-gallon buckets of house paint.