Feds Raid Timbuktu In Hanover
March 11, 2010, at 1:19 pm
Local Restaurant Raided

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has just completed a raid at Timbuktu Restaurant at 1726 Dorsey Road in Hanover. Anne Arundel police supplied 18 officers to assist federal authorities in executing warrants at the restaurant and at several other residential locations around the County. From a source close to the investigation, the restaurant was hiring undocumented illegal aliens and providing them safe harbor.

Timbuktu Restaurant has been in business for over 25 years and has won numerous culinary awards and accolades from Zagat Survey, USA Today, AOL, Baltimore Magazine and more.

County Executive John R. Leopold today released the following statement regarding the multiple-location operation executed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this morning:

"Our local law enforcement continues to provide assistance to federal authorities charged with upholding our immigration laws to the greatest extent possible. This morning our officers assisted a major operation to execute warrants at a business and residential locations in the County. We will continue to work closely with ICE to forward information on possible violations as well as execute responses."

The Anne Arundel County Police Department has participated in numerous operations with ICE officials addressing illegal immigration, undocumented and fraudulently documented workers, as well as criminal and gang activity related to illegal immigrants. “High-level officials at the Department of Homeland Security have informed me that they share my position that employers must be the focus of immigration enforcement activities,â€