A Canadian woman has been arrested on charges that she illegally tried to smuggle $37,000 into the United States. Liliya Dzyuba, 42, of North York, Ontario, was charged with bulk cash smuggling. She is facing a maximum penalty of five ...

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Richard Lee, 32, of Queens, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to two years probation.   Following a jury trial in February, he was convicted of smuggling.   Assistant U.S. Attorney Fauzia K. Mattingly said Lee ...

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William Nehill, 62, of Orchard Park, has pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiracy to smuggle magnesium into the United States. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine ...

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A federal jury has ruled that Richard Lee, 31, of Queens, who was found guilty of smuggling, must forfeit property involved in the crime. The forfeiture verdict Tuesday came one day after the same jury found Lee guilty of smuggling. ...

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BUFFALO — A Canadian truck driver has pleaded guilty to smuggling large amounts of cocaine into Canada. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Buffalo says 30-year-old Ravinder Arora pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to conspiring to export cocaine.

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Bangani Ndlovu, 30, of Ontario, Canada, has pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott to alien smuggling. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison, a fine of $100,000 or both.

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ALBANY — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is demanding the federal government issue a plan to fight the narcotics trade over the border with Canada. Last year a federal audit found a long section of border needs more attention to prevent illegal trade.

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NEWARK, N.J. — The package surprised even veteran law enforcement officials used to seeing all kinds of contraband smuggled into prisons: It was a child’s coloring book, dedicated “to daddy” and mailed to a New Jersey inmate, with crayon-colored scribbling made from a paste containing drugs.

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Eric Clement Mouapi Touko, 37, of Laurel, Md., has been sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny to time served (355 days) for conviction of smuggling. Assistant U.S. Attorney Fauzia K. Mattingly said Touko concealed ...

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BUFFALO — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer wants the federal government to develop a comprehensive plan to combat drug smuggling along the northern border.

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