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Los Angeles police uncover Israeli drug ring Poisoning users with Arsenic |
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by Lisa AKA DAN "Arsenic Electrons" Disinfo
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17 Sep 2004
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A Los Angeles-area police task force announced it has uncovered a ring of drug dealers that mixed their drugs with arsenic, All are Israeli nationals, reported Friday. |
L.A. Police said 29-year-old Israeli Eliyahu Marciano headed the ring. Marciano is also suspected of involvement in money laundering. Police officers confiscated 160,000 Ecstasy tablets mixed with arsenic from the gang .
Five other arrests were made this week and eight others in recent weeks in connection to the case, the motive for the mass poisoning is unknown.
The arrests were made in California four days ago following a year-long investigation carried out with the cooperation, Czech, Austrian, Belgian and Spanish police authorities.
The Israelis reportedly among those arrested in the international operation include: Marciano; Nimrod Haim, 27, of Prague, who helped brokered Ecstasy deals; Hillel Shamam, 38, of Woodland Hills, California who mixed the arsenic into the dope; Sanny Assoulin, 30, of Sherman Oaks, California, an alleged Ecstasy distributor; and Yossi Moshiah, 46.
Los Angeles-area police believe the Israeli-dominated drug ring was importing Ecstasy from Europe and mixing it with arsenic with the intent to inflict harm to the drug users. |
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