Twins linked to fortress home in drug conspiracy case
Federal prosecutors detail how Les and Roosevelt Dahda developed a sprawling operation with a decommissioned Kansas City fire station they called The Castle as a giant safe for drugs and cash. The brothers faced 20 year minimums if convicted, with 29 witnesses already pledging to testify as trials set for summer 2014.
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Slang Terms Used In The Case
Police decoded coded words and terms used by those involved to dodge incriminating language. Terms include Hit me for callback, Short stops for deliveries, Scratch for money, Box of parts for money left at home, Pop the top for secret compartments, Wheels for high grade marijuana, Work and hours for drugs to be distributed, Rack for $1,000, and Oil filters cases brochures phones gears pamphlets for drugs.
Timeline of Dahda brothers drug trafficking case spans 2004–2013
A chronology shows Los and Roosevelt Dahda convicted in 2004 for federal drug and weapons offenses, with later prison releases in 2005 and 2010. From 2011 an informant links a marijuana supplier to Los, a 2012 wiretap ordered, and by mid-2013 twenty nine of forty three defendants are convicted while others await trial.
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