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(Medical-NewsWire.com, June 30, 2015 ) Philadelphia, PA -- According to NBC News, two sibling drug kingpins have been arrested after officials busted a multi-state heroin operation ran by the two.
The Laredo Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO is being charged with manufacturing and importing heroin from Mexico to several drug dealing organizations in the U.S. including Philadelphia, Camden, and Chicago, according to a 108-count indictment.
Antonio Laredo, 46 and his brother Ismael Laredo, 31, both from Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico, are the alleged leaders of the organization and have been charged with engagement in continuing criminal enterprise.
According to the police, the Laredo brothers smuggled approximately 1,000 kilograms of heroin from Mexico. The methods of smuggling included concealing drugs in car batteries, car bumpers, vehicle traps, and sealed cans of fruits and vegetables. The indictment for the two brothers accuses both of organizing the manufacture and production of the car batteries in Mexico which were designed with concealed compartments to store drugs.
The two brothers recruited and hired carriers in the U.S. to transport and deliver the shipments in several U.S. cities including Philadelphia, Camden, Chicago, Atlanta, as well as New York. , according to the indictment report. The Laredo Brothers also hired men to work under them around the U.S. including suppliers and stash house operators. Police also claim that the two brothers used physical violence and violent threats to safeguard their product, as well as to stop members from leaving the organization.
Allegedly the DTO also supplied operations for bagging and packing heroin at street level in Philadelphia, according to reports. The Laredo brothers indictment stated that their operation moved heroin in quantities of 15 to 50 kilograms at once, between Chicago and Philly. the indictment also stated that the members transported shipments of heroin via several means including by car or train, car batteries, car speaker boxes, and sealed fruit and vegetable cans.
According to police reports, the Laredo brothers had several family members and associates in place to create "funnel accounts", used to to launder at least five million dollars in drug money to Mexico. The two brothers will be faced with mandatory sentence of life in prison, in addition to fines equating tens to hundreds of millions of dollars.
An associate from Drug Rehab Philadelphia comments "It's scary to think that such large drug rings are being ran in our city,.right up under our noses. This organization was essentially flooding our streets with heroin. As we currently battle against the heroin epidemic taking place in Philadelphia, it is important that organizations such as the Laredo Drug Trafficking Organization be eliminated. In order for us to get heroin off our streets we must start with the suppliers. I am hopeful that the police will keep working to crack down on drug organizations large and small."
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