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01-17-2009, 07:32 PM
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| Dopey drug smuggler who asks U.S. customs for help gets 14-year sentence
THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER, B.C. - A cocaine mule who lost his shipment and called U.S. customs officials for help has been handed a 14-year prison term in by a U.S. District Court judge in Seattle.
Leroy Carr, of Federal Way, Wash., was convicted last October of intent to distribute drugs after being arrested near the Sumas border crossing leading into British Columbia.
Trial records show Carr called U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August 2007, claiming he had stashed 31 kilograms of cocaine near the border but when he returned he couldn't find the back packs.
A news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office said Carr asked customs officers to issue a news release saying the government had seized the drugs "so that the organized crime group he worked for (in British Columbia) would not retaliate against him for stealing the drugs."
Two weeks later, a Boy Scout Ranger called officials to say he had found the drugs.
During his trial Carr claimed he never possessed the drugs, even though he drew a map pinpointing where he thought he left the drugs for customs officials.
When handing down his sentence, Judge Ricardo Martinez said there were a number of signs Carr was involved in substantial amounts of smuggling over a period of time.
Court records show Carr had run into border agents on many occasions and each time he was caught with large amounts of cash and tools commonly used by smugglers, such as night-vision goggles and a global positioning system.
In asking for a significant sentence, U.S. assistant attorney Kate Crisham wrote to the court that evidence presented at trial demonstrated that this was not Carr's first time trafficking cocaine.
"He had smuggled drugs across the border on numerous occasions on behalf of the Hell's Angels," she wrote.
"As a cocaine smuggler, the defendant was an integral part of the illegal distribution network that continues to feed the demand for the drug."
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01-17-2009, 07:37 PM
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#2 | | ESKETIT
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holy fuck if i was a boyscout and i found 31kgs... OMFGWTFBBQ!!!!!
but LOL AT how stupid he is, gotta give him credit though for trying to come up with a story to save his own ass.
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01-17-2009, 07:39 PM
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Two weeks later, a Boy Scout Ranger called officials to say he had found the drugs.
| i would keep & sell.
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01-17-2009, 08:51 PM
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#4 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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isn't 31kg a SHITLOAD?
like at least 100k..?!
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01-17-2009, 09:43 PM
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01-17-2009, 10:43 PM
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#6 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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what an idiot
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01-17-2009, 10:47 PM
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isn't 31kg a SHITLOAD?
like at least 100k..?! | More like 1.4-1.6 million!!!
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01-18-2009, 09:36 AM
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#8 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Originally Posted by Vansterdam holy fuck if i was a boyscout and i found 31kgs... OMFGWTFBBQ!!!!!
but LOL AT how stupid he is, gotta give him credit though for trying to come up with a story to save his own ass. | They'll still get him in Club Fed, especially with the extra news coverage of who's drugs they were.
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01-18-2009, 04:46 PM
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wow retard award of the year lol. He basically got himself arrested ahahah
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01-18-2009, 09:32 PM
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#10 | | I don't get it either
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probably called them because it is better for him to go to jail for 14 years than to get shot by his supplier or boss for losing the backpack.
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01-18-2009, 10:56 PM
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Lol
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01-18-2009, 11:46 PM
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#12 | | SFICC-05*
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Originally Posted by Boostaholic probably called them because it is better for him to go to jail for 14 years than to get shot by his supplier or boss for losing the backpack. | If you read the article, it said that customs already put out a news release about how they seized it, so the supplier or boss wouldn't retaliate.
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01-19-2009, 12:26 AM
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#13 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Originally Posted by chun If you read the article, it said that customs already put out a news release about how they seized it, so the supplier or boss wouldn't retaliate. | But if you really read the article, it says the guy ASKED the customs agents to put out a news release on how they seized it (when they really havent), so that he wouldnt get in trouble with his boss.
Then the scout called in two weeks later.
Thats how he got caught. SO it was probably better that he did that and go to jail than get shot by his bosses
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01-19-2009, 06:40 AM
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01-19-2009, 02:17 PM
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surprised nobody was sent back there to look for it. or even the person that dropped it off originally. damn 2 weeks went by and over $1 million worth of work was sitting there
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01-19-2009, 04:03 PM
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wow.... 31kg . must be shitting on my dick...
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01-19-2009, 05:03 PM
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14 years in jail... then he gets released, and killed for losing the crack.
Yay! Another drug dealer off the streets, then dead.
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01-19-2009, 05:55 PM
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going to jail doesn't mean you're safe from the mob, they have inside connections in jail as well, if they want you dead, you'll be dead inside or outside.
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01-19-2009, 06:21 PM
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I don't think he will see the end of his term.
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01-19-2009, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by kc1337 going to jail doesn't mean you're safe from the mob, they have inside connections in jail as well, if they want you dead, you'll be dead inside or outside. | agreed
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