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Author    Post   Steve Myers Site Admin Drugs seized total a half million dollars. Mark Adams, Gregory Holder, and Darryl Smith By Esther Miller Posted: Thursday, March 02, 2006 at 12:00 AM The seizure of a half million dollars of pure cocaine and the arrest of three suspects is just the tip of the iceberg, according to the Genesee County Sheriff's Department. Officials say they've cracked part of an international drug ring. Officials seized ten pounds of cocaine along with about $3,000-$4,000 in cash when they made their arrests this week. Sheriff Robert Pickell says 28-year-old, Gregory Holder, is the alleged ringleader. The Flint native allegedly ran the business out of four apartments located in Swartz Creek, Davison Township, Mundy Township, and Flint. "This guy is not a nickel, dime dealer. It's a very sophisticated operation," explained Pickell. "We know the distribution from Flint went into Ohio, Pennsylvania, and as far South as Georgia." Pickell says Holder was caught after undercover investigators spotted 43-year-old, Darryl Smith, and 44-year-old, Mark Adams, moving several pounds of cocaine from one car into another in Davison Township. The location was where investigators say Holder owned a home where the drugs were tested. It was ". . . tested for purity and its content, and then distributed from the Flint area," said Pickell. The Sheriff says, after the stash was tested, the three separated. Holder stayed in Davison, while the others took off with some of the drugs down I-75 South toward Ohio. "We believe they were driving into Toledo," Pickell added, saying Adams and Smith were picked up somewhere in Livingston County. Pickell says their six month surveilance of the operation uncovered the fact that Smith and Adams would transport the drugs from Houston, Texas, to Arizona to the Flint area. The two would then meet with Holder, test the drugs, and then distribute them to areas in Ohio and other Southern states. Pickell says netting the cocaine confirms his worst suspicions. "Flint is a big market, a big distributor, of cocaine. The money that's tied up in bank accounts in other states under different aliases will show or give us indication of how long the operation was going." http://www.weyi.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=3372 Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:29 am    Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

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