Emerald Triangle drug syndicate cracked in Kansas City region
Law enforcement exposed a longstanding marijuana and meth pipeline running from Northern California’s Emerald Triangle to Kansas, with Lawrence and Johnson County figures including a former KU swimming star, a tanning salon operator, a carpet-cleaning businessman, two notorious twins, and others tied to a high grade marijuana trade. The 2008 Lauren Street gun arrest led to more findings as cases moved through federal courts.
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Olathe
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North Lawrence
Dahda brothers linked to Lawrence drug ring and federal case
The Dahda siblings Los and Roosevelt plus Nathan Wallace and Sadie Brown face federal charges in a Lawrence marijuana distribution network. Prosecutors cite a California supply chain, hundreds of pounds moved locally, wiretaps and undercover work tracing cash, with trials tentatively set for summer 2014.
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San Lorenzo
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Nathan
Sadie Brown
Kansas University
Johnson County
Kansas City
DEA
Internal Revenue Service
Amos
Hurst
Bakersfield
Justin Pickel
Los Dalida
Broad cross country drug conspiracy linked to Emerald Triangle network
Prosecutors allege a nationwide marijuana trafficking ring involving high level Kansas conspirators sourcing from Northern California's Emerald Triangle and Canada, with fronts in Hayward California and Johnson, Lawrence, Paxico, and Kansas City locations. Police traced deals across Utah, Nebraska, and Texas, including large seizures and laundering at a Kansas City laundromat.
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Texas
Chad Bauman
Nebraska
Nebraska Highway Patrol
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Canada
Emerald Triangle drug ring linked to tanning salon and wedding plan
Federal authorities seized a 31 acre Lecompton property tied to two local lovers who ran a tanning salon and carpet-cleaning business used to launder thousands in drug proceeds from Northern California’s Emerald Triangle. A Kansas City area businessman nicknamed Spiderman operated front businesses to smuggle marijuana into Lawrence and Johnson County. Experts call it a classic trafficking operation.
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