Thread: OH-Drug Bust: Cops Confiscate More Than 1,000 Pounds Of Pot

Drug Bust: Cops Confiscate More Than 1,000 Pounds Of Pot, Arrest Illegal Immigrants

Posted: Feb 16, 2009 10:58 AM EST

Updated: Feb 17, 2009 04:04 PM EST







Cleveland, OH - A massive drug bust involving illegal aliens over the weekend.

19 Action News Reporter Ed Gallek has learned Cleveland Police scored a major drug bust on the city's near Eastside on Sunday.

Six people behind bars after a raid at a building used for offices and storage on South Miles Road just inside Warrensville Heights near the Cleveland border.

Police not talking but multiple sources say investigators seized 1,000-3,000 pounds of pot.

Also seized - $300,000-$500,000 in cash.

The suspects are illegal immigrants believed to be tied to a violent Latin American gang.

http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=9851680

Drug bust is largest in Cleveland history
Cleveland police announced Tuesday that they made the largest drug bust in the city's history and recovered more than 3,000 pounds of marijuana from a tractor-trailer.

Police arrested eight men, two from suburban Cleveland, on suspicion of drug trafficking. The other six are believed to be from a Mexican gang on the West Coast, police Lt. Thomas Stacho said.

The first clues came Friday when detectives from the department's gang impact squad arrested a suspect in Cleveland for selling marijuana, Stacho said.

That arrest led them to a trailer Sunday in the 19700 block of South Miles Road in Warrensville Heights. It held packages of dry soup and bales of pot with an estimated street value of $3 million.

"These [detectives] were on the street, working their sources and turning one seizure into a bigger seizure, to a record seizure," Stacho said.

Cleveland police seize 3,000 pounds of marijuana


The local men arrested were Robert Moore, 31, and Michael Parker, 32, who have addresses listed in Beachwood and Maple Heights.

Besides marijuana, police seized $386,000 in cash, seven firearms and eight vehicles. Police in Highland Heights and Warrensville Heights assisted Cleveland narcotics officers, who worked under a grant through the Domestic Highway Enforcement program.

The others arrested are Tiodoso Hiquera, Juan Madrigal-Avalos, Juan Hverta, Ramon Santana, Sara Sarinana and Efren Benavides. Police did not release their ages or where they live. All are being held at City Jail, and they are to be formally charged later this week.

The bust is the largest in the city's history, said Police Chief Michael McGrath. Along with law enforcement, the city must address the demand for drugs through social service, drug treatment programs and job opportunities for teens, he said.

"When you get a large seizure like this, it sends a message to those folks out the avenue about selling drugs and what may happen to them," McGrath said.



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Confiscated cash

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SHOCKINGLY ENOUGH, ALL THE COMMENTS AT THE LINK ARE NOT EVEN MENTIONING THE FACT THAT THESE WERE ILLEGAL ALIEN GANG BANGERS!!

Good for them!!!


Personally, kick out all illegals, and undocumented, legalize POT, but don't dictate to employers, stop 'ANCHOR BABIES"


No motivation for being here.