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Saturday, June 03, 2017

35 St. Louis-area convenience store owners indicted following federal raids

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV.com) -A federal grand jury has indicted 35 store owners on federal conspiracy charges for trafficking contraband cigarettes, distributing controlled substances and money laundering.

According to reports, the suspects conspired for more than 2 years to buy contraband cigarettes in St. Louis, a low tax market, while transporting and distributing them in Chicago, Illinois, and New Jersey, which are high tax markets.

The store owners are accused of using several convenience stores that they operated to create the appearance of legal cigarette purchases.

Illegal profits form the contraband cigarette sales were laundered through accounts associated with the stores.

Synethetic drugs, K-2, was sold every day from a handful of the convenience stores. Authorities said the store owners manufactured synthetic drugs themselves by importing chemicals from China.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow look at all the non american names!

Anonymous said...

Yep, because most americans too lazy to start a business and work 60-70 hours a week.

Anonymous said...

12:42--
Nope, mainly because Americans don't get the business & tax advantages that foreigners who come here do.

Anonymous said...

All good America loving guests in our country. Ain't our politicians just great. GOD if you are listening please help President Trump.

Anonymous said...

We seem to be giving the enemies of America the tools needed to destroy America.

Anonymous said...

Not Americans.
Always middle eastern people committing these crimes in our neighborhoods.