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A Pennsylvania man has been arrested in New Jersey and charged with conspiring to distribute 430 kilograms of khat. Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig says 46-year-old Azeez Adebari of Harrisburg, PA, is charged with one count of conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of a mixture containing cathinone and cathine. He was arrested Monday at Newark International Airport. Khat, according to Honig's office, "is a flowering shrub that is abused for its stimulant-like effects and has no accepted medical use in the United States. Khat contains two active ingredi...

1 Read / Add Comments A Pennsylvania man was arrested by federal agents when he showed up at Newark Airport to collect a half-ton of khat that was flown in by freight container, authorities said. Azeez Adebari, 46, of Harrisburg, was listed as the consignee on a manifest and other documents the claimed the contents as clothing, ground melon and pepper, among other things, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities charged Adebari with conspiring to possess and distribute 430 kilograms (948 pounds) of the illegal drug af...