Kabir Talwar busted real good - update

Indian businessman Kabir Talwar was arrested last fall in relation to the Mundra Port bust, in which around 3,000 kg of heroin was recovered. The NIA Court in Ahmedabad rejected the regular bail plea of Delhi's Harpreet Singh alias Kabir Talwar. Talwar’s counsel said he was wrongly arrested by the NIA without sufficient evidence. However, the court rejected Talwar’s bail plea and he will stay caged.

Talwar was found to be the importer of multiple consignments of semi-processed talc stone, in which heroin was concealed. The consignment was brought from Kandahar in Afghanistan via Bandar Abbas in Iran to Gujarat. Talwar owns popular nightclubs in Delhi and was known for his hugely affluent lifestyle. The bust was last September.

Luc-Manuel Thibodeau drug shack for sale

In Feb 2019, the Sûreté du Québec busted a drug network linked to the Hells Angels. About thirty were arrested as part of Operation Oursin, including Luc-Manuel Thibodeau, 48. He was fingered by cops as a supplier to the network run by the Blanchette twins, including Éric Blanchette, a prospect for the HA New Brunswick chapter. In November 2021, Thibodeau pleaded guilty to possession of property obtained by crime and received a suspended prison sentence. His luxurious property in Shawinigan is up for sale. The 28-room residence is offered for $2.75m.

The home is in the name of Thibodeau's spouse, Sandra Charron Bundock.

Bundock is the daughter of HA Alain Charron, who was sentenced to five years in 2018 for conspiring to import 15 tons of hash. The couple run a management company whose 'head office' is in the home.

See ----->HA associate drug dealer Lanthier buys additional 9 months

Port of Antwerp can't incinerate cocaine fast enough

In 2021 nearly 90 tonnes of cocaine was seized at the port of Antwerp, a new record. It will likely be broken again this year as customs expects that the 100-tonne mark will be reached. Street value is at least €5 billion. These record amounts of cocaine are causing a security problem: incinerators can't process the seized cocaine, so the stockpile keeps growing. "We are urgently looking for additional incineration capacity" a spokesperson said. "Burning cocaine releases substances that are very harmful to the filters of the incinerator. At most, we can process 1,000 to 1,500 kg per session." The mountain of cocaine is now so big officials fear criminals will raid the customs warehouses.

See ----->Drug lord Robert Mink Kok busted

Emmanuel Roy-Puthyra wanted

10 were pinned in Montreal, Laval, Mirabel, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines and Richmond Hill, Ontario. Two were arrested in prison, where they were behind bars for other offenses. Head of the network, Emmanuel Puthyra Roy, 35, is on the run. Cops carried out numerous searches which led to the seizure of eight firearms including an AR-15 type assault rifle, 170k opioid pills, tens of kilograms of cocaine and crystal meth worth $3.4m and $1.3m in cash. Gangsters went to Toronto "every week with bags of money" to buy weapons and drugs, which were sold on the streets of Montreal.

Roy-Puthyra is well known to police. He has a history of drug trafficking, fraud and obstruction. He is close to members of the reds allegiance, in particular Zone 43 in Montreal North. The group was made up of youth who grew up together in Montreal and became intrenched in the world of street gangs.

The New Michoacana Family on US sanctions list

America has declared war on drug brothers José Alfredo Hurtado and Johnny Hurtado. The La Nueva Familia Michoacana ‘brand’ is rainbow fentanyl pills. The gang has also been accused of trafficking heroin, meth and cocaine along with fentanyl disguised as Adderall, Xanax or Oxycodone. Mexican authorities said a massacre of 20 townspeople in Totolapan, Guerrero last month was the work of José Alfredo. The Oct. 5 attack killed the town’s mayor, his father and 18 other men.

The cartel is known as “The New Michoacan Family,” to distinguish it from an older gang that was expelled from Michoacan in the mid 2010s.

Yaniv Ben Simon reeled in

Israel’s 'most wanted' Simon was arrested near Johannesburg. Yaniv Ben Simon, 46, is a notorious fugitive and close associate of jailed crime boss Yitzhak Abergil. Simon was involved in attempted hits on rivals of the Abergil syndicate in 2003 and 2004. The Abergil crime syndicate has long been a central player in Israel’s criminal underworld. Cops found five assault rifles, seven handguns, around $40k and three stolen motorcycles. The arrest operation was led by a joint team of Interpol investigators and South African police, assisted by Israeli police. Simon had been on the run since 2015 due to his involvement in the so-called 'Case 512' crackdown on organized crime in Israel.

Yaniv Ben Simon has had an Interpol Red Notice since 2015.

Toronto cops seize $58M worth of drugs

TPS say that the haul, which is made up of 520 kg of meth and 151 kg of cocaine, would likely have a street value of $58m. The seizure, which followed a 4 week investigation, represents the largest single-day bust in Toronto police history. Two stash houses yielded the massive haul. 3 are expected to be arrested shortly.

Ex-detective charged with underage sex-trafficking

Prosecutors accuse former homicide detective Roger Golubski, 69, of conspiring with a local drug dealer to run a sex trafficking operation involving underage girls in Kansas City. Girls as young as 13 were victims of the sex trafficking ring that Cecil Brooks, a local crack dealer, and two other men operated out of an apartment in the 1990s. Golubski, who retired in 2010, is accused of providing police protection in exchange for money and free sexual services.

Golubski pleaded not guilty.

Golubski has been accused of putting an innocent man in jail for 23 years and terrorizing black women for decades. Kanas City paid a $12.5m settlement after a 2008 lawsuit. It claimed Golubski sexually assaulted Lamonte McIntyre's mother and then framed him for murder.

US sanctions Kinahan Cartel - update V

The Kinahans are said to be furious at caged Johnny Morrissey for going against their instructions on how to launder their drug money. Cop intelligence sources say boss Daniel Kinahan blames Morrissey for drawing attention with his high-profile Nero Vodka company. Morrissey, 62 was pinched by Spain’s Guardia Civil in September. Morrissey and wife Nicola, Nero Vodka’s CEO, hosted lavish bashes.

Nicola was released.

Nicola gave interviews about how the business was expanding into the US.

One of the couple’s promotions was a Gladiator-themed party, held at Marbella’s five-star Puente Romano Hotel. Last year Nero Vodka sponsored a UK gangster movie, Rise Of The Footsoldier 4.

See ----->Lavish wedding of Kinahan mobster’s moll Morrissey

Daniel Kinahan resided on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah.

The Criminal Assets Bureau in Ireland served proceedings on Daniel Kinahan at addresses in the USA and Dubai by registered mail. The High Court granted an order allowing it after gardai said it would be difficult to do so personally. They aim to sell off the luxury Dublin mansion at 10 Coldwater Lakes, in Saggart, Dublin which they say is owned and controlled by Kinahan.

Those who breach sanctions imposed on mob boss Daniel Kinahan and his associates face fines of up to $1m and a maximum 20 years in a US prison. US banks and companies cannot do business with the Kinahan crime group anywhere in the world. Christy Kinahan and his sons may already have been charged during US court proceedings under a sealed indictment. MTK Global shut down.

Daniel Kinahan, Christopher Kinahan Jr and Christopher Kinahan Sr

The UAE has frozen the assets of the Kinahan cartel. The asset freeze includes all personal and corporate bank accounts in the kingdom. Two companies, Hoopoe Sports and Ducashew General Trading, are based in Dubai. Among the seven individuals and companies sanctioned by the US Treasury is Daniel Kinahan, his father Christy, and brother Christopher Jr. The DEA has offered rewards of up to $5m for information leading to the arrest of any of the three Kinahans. The Kinahan cartel is one of the world's largest crime groups. The gang, which used Dubai as a HQ for its business, operates in Ireland, the UK, Spain and the United Arab Emirates. The intervention of the US is seen as a major blow to their operation.

Daniel Kinahan has become a figure in boxing circles. Despite Kinahan's well known links to the drug trade, boxing chiefs have defended his involvement with the sport. World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaimán offered his "full backing" to the Irish drug kingpin. On April 8 Kinahan claimed any allegations of criminality are part of a smear campaign against him and his family. Thomas "Bomber" Kavanagh, the top man in the UK for the Kinahans, was jailed for 21 years.

Sean McGovern, 36, was wounded in the attack at the Regency Hotel. He is described by the US as “Daniel Kinahan’s advisor and closest confidant”. It further states that “evidence indicates that all dealings with Daniel Kinahan go through Sean McGovern”. McGovern's house in Crumlin, Dublin, was seized in 2020. He subsequently moved to Dubai. Dubliner Ian Dixon, 32 is also in Dubai. He is described as a key man. Dixon “owns or controls, directly or indirectly” the Hoopoe Sports company in UAE.

Bernard Patrick Clancy, 44, is in Dubai and Spain. He is a key lieutenant of the Kinahan cartel. John ‘Johnny’ Morrissey, 62, Spain. The US says Morrissey is involved in money laundering. Morrissey is the owner or controller of the Scottish-based Nero Drinks Company Ltd, which sells luxury alcoholic drinks and is one of the three companies on the US sanctions list. Morrissey uses his wife to front his operation.

See ----->Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh = 21 years in slammer

Timothy H. Holland tells B.C. to 'kiss my ass' after stealing timber

Timothy Holland, dba Bigfoot Forest Products was granted a licence in 2016 to harvest damaged timber in a section of the Great Bear Rainforest in the territory of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation. On Oct. 6, 2020, Holland was ordered to stop work after the Ministry of Forests found that most of Holland’s harvest sites were outside his licence area. In six of those sites, standing trees were felled. He left threatening text and voice messages with ministry staff after being busted.

Holland did not defend himself but he had a message — “kiss my ass”.

Holland has been hit with a $132k fine for illegal harvesting after initially being fined $12k, far less than the timber was worth. The commission found Holland "directed his employees to cut and remove timber outside of his authorized area, and did so deliberately and repeatedly.” The Great Bear Rainforest is the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest and stretches from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to the Alaska border. The illegal logging took place in Loughborough Inlet, about 50 km north of Campbell River.
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