21 Aug 2009

CNMI drugs bust nets three Chinese

4:52 pm on 21 August 2009

US federal and local police have this week have arrested three suspected suppliers in the biggest haul of methamphetamine in the Northern Marianas.

The trio allegedly had an estimated half a million dollars, or just over a kilogramme, of the drug in their possession.

The three suspects, all Chinese, face charges of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.