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1988 meth bust signaled rising trafficking in region
The 1988 arrest wave exposed a Garden City meth ring tied to Los Angeles and Kansas City. Thomas Jelinek and Tim Stanek, later paroled in 1991, ran a national network with 27 pounds of meth found in a truck. A Nebraska-Omaha case and later seizures showed expansion, with lawmen noting meth traffic surged through 2002 and across multiple states.
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Thomas Jelinek
Tim Stanek
Garden City
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Iowa
Finney County
John Andrews
Stanek
Andrews
Law Enforcement Center
Flying J
Clyde
Jelinek
Utz
Donaho
Robbeman
Florida
Jose Chavez
Ray Lara
Jacinto Martinez
Omaha
Samson Aldaco
Nebraska
Paul Hernandez
Enrique Ramirez
Lara
Martinez
Aldaco
Kansas
Dodge City
Wichita
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Jesus Romo-Mendez
Romo
Mike Utz
Willie Ralph