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Khat's Going On? 1,600 Pounds Seized At BWI, Dulles In Wild Four-Day Run
Apparently, BWI wasn't the only airport getting buried in khat.
After federal officers seized more than 1,250 pounds of the illegal stimulant at the Maryland airport in back-to-back busts, another massive load surfaced one day later and about 60 miles away.
This time, someone wound up behind bars.
New York native Mohamed Diawara, 25, arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport on a flight from Paris on Friday, Aug. 14, when US Customs and Border Protection officers sent him for a secondary inspection, federal officials announced on Thursday, Aug. 20.
Then they opened his luggage.
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A Maryland Cop Helped Make Fake Car Thefts Look Real, Now Comes The Price
A Maryland cop who helped turn police reports into props for an insurance fraud scheme is trading his badge for a prison jumpsuit.
Michael Anthony Owen Jr., 37, of Accokeek, was sentenced on Wednesday, Aug. 19, in Greenbelt to six months in federal prison for falsifying records while serving as a Prince George's County Police officer, federal prosecutors announced.
And prison won't be the end of it.
US District Judge Lydia Griggsby also sentenced Owen to two years of supervised release, with the first six months to be served on home detention, and ordered him to pay $17,585 in restitution.…
Love, Drugs, Guns: DC Couple Busted In Fentanyl Operation Out Of Apartment, Feds Say
Tainted Love?
A DC couple who ran an alleged drug trafficking operation from their apartment in the nation's capital is facing charges, federal authorities announced.
Katie Shameka Williams, 33, and Kenneth Darnell Smith Jr., 32, have been arrested for allegedly running their drug distribution operation in the Congress Heights neighborhood.
In March, officials say an investigation was launched into a narcotics distribution operation based in the 1600 block of Savannah Street SE.
Over the course of several months, investigators say they documented at least nine instances of crack cocaine a…
Molotov Cocktail Plot: Massachusetts Trans Woman Sentenced In Plan To Firebomb Scott Bessent
A Massachusetts woman will spend more than six years in federal prison after admitting to bringing two homemade firebombs and a knife to Washington, D.C., in an attempt to kill then-Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent, federal authorities said.
Ryan Michael English, 26, of South Deerfield, previously pleaded guilty to two federal weapons charges. A judge sentenced English to 73 months in prison on Tuesday, Aug. 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced. English must also serve three years of supervised release.
The plot unfolded on Jan. 27, 2025, when Bessen…
