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| Basel Ramadan Samir Ramadan |
OCEAN CITY -- Two local business owners, indicted by a New York grand jury last week for enterprise corruption and money laundering, were extradited to New York Wednesday and were expected to be arraigned Thursday afternoon.
Last week, federal officials concluded an investigation into a vast multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling operation with raids on two locations in and around the resort area, including the West Ocean City homes of residents Basel Ramadan, 42, who is being called the “boss” of the enterprise, and Samir Ramadan, 40, who is Basel Ramadan’s brother and has been called the “enterprise treasurer.” Federal officials also raided the Ramadan’s offices over the Subway restaurant they own at Sunset Drive near 26th Street in Ocean City on the same day.
At the Ramadan’s West Ocean City homes in the Oyster Harbor community, $1.4 million in large black bags was recovered, along with 20,000 cartons of untaxed cigarettes. Also seized were numerous vehicles and other property belonging to the Ramadans. The Ramadans allegedly conducted the vast cigarette smuggling operation out of their Ocean City properties, but 14 other co-conspirators, from transporters to distributors to resellers, were also rounded up at locations all over the mid-Atlantic region.
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Where was OCPD's finest Captain Kevin Kirstein and Captain Michael Colbert? Clueless as usual and trying to get the Chief's vacancy, which isn't going to happen. Oh I know where they were. Filling out an application to have a Humvee donated by the government and then they both can go shopping at Walmart together for tires. What a joke!!!
ReplyDeleteA lot of counterfeit stuff in OC.Is it the same people?
ReplyDeleteKind of a shame they didn't put up a big fight resisting arrest.....
ReplyDeleteAnd the distributor Cooper Booth filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
ReplyDeleteBack to the 3rd world for them!
ReplyDeleteSend them back to their country. They are not residents and we don't want them here.
ReplyDelete1:18 I agree but this was all going on with the previous chief too. Obviously the police in Ocean city are more concerned with arresting people for open container, marijuana possessions and noise violations. The state police in west o.c. love to hand out seatbelt violations and target work trucks. It makes my blood boil that this massive and dangerous of an operation can go on in west o.c. and ocean city and the town and state police are oblivious to it.
ReplyDeleteThe supplier, Cooper Booth, is loacted in PA, not VA.
ReplyDeleteWhat actual store front businesses do these clowns own or run in OC?
ReplyDeleteWow, i delbt with them daily back in the 90s in berlin and OC as a soda salesmen. They were alot of fun and well liked in berlin. Certainly not religious freaks, but were all about making $$ is all.
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