MAJURO, 18 MAY 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — As hard drug use has escalated in the Marshall Islands, government leaders are expressing increasing concern over the problem, with Justice Minister Kessai Note announcing formation of a drug task force earlier this week in a parliament session. In what may be a first for the Marshall Islands, […]
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Accused drug trafficker’s wife arrested for possession
Attorney General charged Marka Rur Gibbon with two counts of Possession of Controlled Substance (methamphetamine) last Thursday, April 30th, 2020 according to court documents. According to charging documents, while officers were conducting search of Mr. Aiken Uehara’s residence per search warrant, Mr. Aiken Uehara’s wife Marka Rur Gibbons allegedly admitted she had drugs in her […]
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Two charged for drug trafficking through postal service
Two individuals were arrested and charged over the weekend for drug trafficking and drug possession after allegedly receiving drugs (methamphetamine) through the post office hidden inside a laptop computer. According to information contained in charging documents, McNally Seklii and Chasper Itei Skang were each charged with Trafficking a Controlled Substance and Possession of Controlled Substance. […]
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5 drug cases charged this year under tougher bail law
Five drug trafficking cases filed within this year 2020 fell under the new law which set presumptive bail of at least $50,000 for cases involving the distribution, trafficking, or possession of dangerous drugs such as heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, morphine, lysergic acid diethylamide also known as LSD, schedule 1 opiates or ecstasy. Despite facing a national […]
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Man nabbed for meth trafficking
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) arrested on Friday a Palauan man for drug trafficking. DEA Director Ismael Aguon named the defendant as Aiken Uehara who is facing multiple charges of illegal drug trafficking and illegal possession. Uehara was charged and bail was set at $50,000 cash, the highest imposed under the amended law which raised bail […]
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Two Australians sentenced for misusing cocaine and jailed in Bali
A Melbourne nightclub promoter and manager have both been jailed after police raids on Bali’s Lost City nightclub last year. Two Australians have been found guilty of misusing cocaine and jailed for up to a year in Bali, after they were arrested in police raids on the Lost City nightclub last year and later returned […]