Poor pilots flying pot laden planes
Miami report notes daily about 150 airplanes smuggling marijuana cross borders with many crashes linked to greed and inexperience. Officials cite Operation Buccaneer’s seizure of 730,000 pounds of marijuana and 8,083 pounds of seeds shifting smugglers toward Colombian and Mexican brands using long range bombers to avoid detection.
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Martin Merzer
Associated Press
MIAMI
United States
Jacques Kiere
Federal
Drug Enforcement Intelligence Agency
Kiere
el Paso Texas Intelligence Center
David Costa
Costa
North Vietnamese leaders visit Saigon foreshadow reunification
In Saigon last week North Vietnam’s top Politburo members Le Duan Truong Chinh and Pham Van Dong were seen with Xuan Thuy and Gen Vo Nguyen Giap amid reports of major decisions on South Vietnam. The PRG government remains unseen as military authorities run Saigon.
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Vientiane
Laos
North Vietnam
Sigon
South Vietnam
Saigon
le Duan
North Vietnamese Communist Party
Truong Chinh
National Assembly
Pham van Dong
Xuan Thuy
Vo Nguyen Giap
Hanoi
North Vietnamese National Assembly
North
Provisional Revolutionary
PRG
Military Management Committee
Tran van Tra
World War II bomber crash tied to marijuana smuggling
Covington airport manager William H. Flanigan and Augustus A. Platt were identified as victims of a crash near Dawsonville tied to a marijuana smuggling operation. The B25 wreckage contained over 40 bales of marijuana valued at about 600000, while federal indictment names Dallas Norman House. Immigration agency seeks Congress approval for a coded alien identification card with photos fingerprints and data.
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Dawsonville, Ga
Covington
Platt
Dallas Norman House
Winder
U.S
Dawsonville
Washington
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Congress
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Federal Drug Enforcement Agency
Bank Americard Wee Wbald
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SAT
BIC
Rose
Havoline
Tus
Omar
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