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The chief mate of an international shipping vessel aboard which federal authorities at the Port of Philadelphia seized a record-breaking 20 tons of cocaine in 2019 expected to be paid more than $1 million for overseeing the smuggling effort, federal prosecutors said.That disclosure a rare glimpse of the economics behind what customs officials have described as one of the largest drug busts . ....
Montenegrin crew member gets over 5 years in cocaine bust April 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail PHILADELPHIA (AP) A cargo ship crew member has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison in connection with nearly 40,000 pounds, or almost 18,000 kilograms, of cocaine seized when the vessel arrived in Philadelphia almost two years ago. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that 28-year-old ship s engineer Vladimir Penda of Montenegro was one of eight men from the MSC Gayane to plead guilty after the June 2019 seizure federal authorities called one of the largest drug busts in U.S. history. Defense attorney Dennis Boyle described his client as a minor player who was pressured by transnational gangs into participating in a global drug-trafficking conspiracy stretching from southern Europe to South America and eventually Philadelphia. ....
Historic 20-ton, $1B Philly cocaine bust leads to prison term for Montenegrin ship’s crewman Jeremy Roebuck, The Philadelphia Inquirer A ship’s crewman from Montenegro was sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison Tuesday for assisting in smuggling a record-breaking, 20-ton cocaine haul seized by authorities two years ago at the Port of Philadelphia. Vladimir Penda was one of eight men aboard the international shipping vessel the MSC Gayane to plead guilty to his role in what investigators have described as one of the largest drug busts in U.S. history with an estimated street value of over $1 billion. ....
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