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NEWSBRIEF:
US
Anti-Drug
Colonel
Pleads
Guilty
4/7/00
Colonel James Hiett has pled
guilty to "ignoring a felony" while serving as commander of US anti-narcotics
forces in Colombia. Hiett, it seems, failed to turn in his wife Laurie
who shipped packages containing over $700,000 worth of heroin, via the
US Embassy mail system, to addresses in Manhattan and Queens. She
is also alleged to have traveled back to New York at least twice to pick
up cash. Laurie Hiett, who is facing nine years on conspiracy charges,
initially told investigators that her husband had no knowledge of her activities.
She had also said that she mailed the packages for her civilian driver,
and that she didn't know what was in them.
See past DRCNet coverage
of this case at http://www.drcnet.org/wol/102.html#colombia.
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Issue #132, 4/7/00
AlertS: Colombia, New York State, HEA Reform | Penn State Student Government Endorses HEA Reform, Campaign Grows | CALIFORNIA: Santa Cruz Passes Ordinance Protecting Medical Marijuana Users | Another Zero-Tolerance Message Issued and Received | UK: Police Foundation Report Stirs Debate | Britain's Drug Authority Okays Full-Scale Patient Cannabis Trials | More "Propaganda for Dollars" Exposed by Dan Forbes and Salon.com, Salon Offering Drug War "Theme Park" on Web | LEGALIZACION: The L-Word Enters Post-Certification Debate in Mexico | NEWSBRIEF: US Anti-Drug Colonel Pleads Guilty | Follow-up to Sylvester Salcedo Interview | No Editorial This Week
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