I.C.E. News Releases
NARCOTICS
10/27/2016
4 charged after ton of marijuana seized from boat in Long Beach
More than 3 tons of marijuana seized in recent Los Angeles-area maritime smuggling incidents
LOS ANGELES – Four Southern California men were charged Wednesday with a federal drug trafficking offense in relation to the seizure of approximately one ton of marijuana that was discovered Tuesday on a 30-foot fishing boat in Long Beach. The interdiction represents the third major local maritime smuggling incident in the last month and brings the total amount of marijuana seized to over three tons.
Omar Quintero, 28, of Los Angeles, Miguel Angel Quintero Jr., 38, also of Los Angeles; Eliasib Ventura, 34, of Alhambra; and Jonathan Ventura, 31, of Pomona, were taken into custody Tuesday afternoon and were named in a one-count criminal complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court. The four defendants made their initial appearances late Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alka Sagar, who ordered three of the men detained and granted Omar Quintero a $50,000 bond. All four defendants are scheduled to be arraigned next month. If convicted of conspiracy with the intent to distribute marijuana, each would face a statutory maximum sentence of 40 years in federal prison.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/4-...oat-long-beach
