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Custom-Built Furniture Was Springfield Man's Method Of Smuggling Crack: Feds Custom-Built Furniture Was Springfield Man's Method Of Smuggling Crack: Feds
Custom-Built Furniture Was Springfield Man's Method Of Smuggling Crack: Feds A Springfield man could face life in prison for his role in a drug trafficking scheme that involved furniture to smuggle four tons of cocaine across international lines, federal officials said. Abel Montilla was convicted for his role in a drug trafficking organization that used custom-built furniture to ship cocaine from Puerto Rico to the United States between 2018 and 2021. The drugs were hidden in more than 70 pieces of cube-shaped coffee tables and other furniture, the US Attorney's Office of Southern New York said on Tuesday, Dec. 20. The organization also lied about the cocaine-pack…

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