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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Jamaican cops lauded ...ers ( RJR )...</span>
Police Commissioner Owen Ellington has lauded members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) whose collaboration with United States law enforcement authorities resulted in the arrest of several members of a major drug smuggling ring. The collaboration dubbed "Operation Rude Beast" led to one of the largest Ecstacy Pill seizures in United States history, and charges in multiple criminal schemes.A joint release from the District Attorney's Office of Atlanta and the JCF Anti-Corruption Branch revealed that an Atlanta based Federal Customs Officer was arrested and charged along with 13 accomplices.The arrest stemmed from a large scale investigation in at least four Atlanta locations.US law enforcement authorities described the amount of ecstacy in the case as "staggering".US Attorney Sally QuillianYates said the criminal activity was allegedly so wide that a Task Force had to be formed.The illegal activities ranged from large scale drug distribution to an illegal marriage fraud scheme. Bypass hotel securityAccording to Ms. Yates, US Customs and Border Protection officer, Devon 'Smokey' Samuels of Georgia, was involved in undercover sting operations to smuggle alleged drug money and guns through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.In a November sting operation, Samuels accepted five firearms and about US$20,000 in alleged drug money from an undercover police officer. With the alleged assistance of his associate, Mark "Supa" Tomlinson, of Georgia, Samuels unlawfully utilised his badge to bypass security and avoid screening to smuggle the money through Atlanta to Jamaica. Samuels then delivered the money to a JCF undercover police officer, who was posing as an international drug trafficker. In a statement on Thursday, Commissioner Ellington expressed pride at the work of the JCF members.He said the quality of the investigative work by JCF members is not only to be commended but also to be replicated by others.According to Commissioner Ellington, the latest work is yet another clear example of the determination of law enforcement agencies from the US and Jamaica to collaborate for the common good of defeating organised international crime.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Jamaican cops lauded ...ers ( RJR )...</span>
Police Commissioner Owen Ellington has lauded members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) whose collaboration with United States law enforcement authorities resulted in the arrest of several members of a major drug smuggling ring. The collaboration dubbed "Operation Rude Beast" led to one of the largest Ecstacy Pill seizures in United States history, and charges in multiple criminal schemes.A joint release from the District Attorney's Office of Atlanta and the JCF Anti-Corruption Branch revealed that an Atlanta based Federal Customs Officer was arrested and charged along with 13 accomplices.The arrest stemmed from a large scale investigation in at least four Atlanta locations.US law enforcement authorities described the amount of ecstacy in the case as "staggering".US Attorney Sally QuillianYates said the criminal activity was allegedly so wide that a Task Force had to be formed.The illegal activities ranged from large scale drug distribution to an illegal marriage fraud scheme. Bypass hotel securityAccording to Ms. Yates, US Customs and Border Protection officer, Devon 'Smokey' Samuels of Georgia, was involved in undercover sting operations to smuggle alleged drug money and guns through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.In a November sting operation, Samuels accepted five firearms and about US$20,000 in alleged drug money from an undercover police officer. With the alleged assistance of his associate, Mark "Supa" Tomlinson, of Georgia, Samuels unlawfully utilised his badge to bypass security and avoid screening to smuggle the money through Atlanta to Jamaica. Samuels then delivered the money to a JCF undercover police officer, who was posing as an international drug trafficker. In a statement on Thursday, Commissioner Ellington expressed pride at the work of the JCF members.He said the quality of the investigative work by JCF members is not only to be commended but also to be replicated by others.According to Commissioner Ellington, the latest work is yet another clear example of the determination of law enforcement agencies from the US and Jamaica to collaborate for the common good of defeating organised international crime.