HA ties to massive weapons hoard

62-year-old Jeffrey Dusti faced a judge during a dangerousness hearing following his arraignment last week on weapons charges in connection with a Massachusetts State Police bust that yielded 47 illegal firearms, 44 homemade silencers and 35,000 rounds of ammunition. Dusti was also said to be in possession of a loaded revolver equipped with laser sighting and a sawed-off shotgun at the time of his arrest. A police report said Dusti had ties to the Hell’s Angels.

Dusti was ordered held without bail following a three-hour hearing. Police were executing an arrest warrant for charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a person over 60, intimidation of a witness, threatening to commit a crime, and two counts of making annoying phone calls.

Final sentences in Project Forseti

Nagy must also pay the court $30,000 deemed proceeds of crime.

Project Forseti led to police raids in 19 locations in seven cities. Officers seized $8 million worth of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl, and convicted 20 suspects, many who were members of the Fallen Saints MC. Daryl Nagy's lawyer says the 29-year-old cocaine dealer "got in over his head, real fast." Nagy pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine and was sentenced to four years in prison.

Adam Harada’s charges originated in Saskatoon. They were transferred to Vancouver, where he pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic, trafficking and possessing the proceeds of crime. Harada was sentenced to eight years on the conspiracy charge, eight years concurrent on the trafficking charge and two years concurrent on the proceeds charge.

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Drug Lab explosion in New Westminster

Residents in the other units in the building were evacuated.

One man was arrested after a clandestine drug lab was discovered after an explosion at an apartment building Sunday afternoon.

The fire department’s hazardous materials team is working alongside the federal clandestine drug lab team to clear out the unit.

Jamie Bacon’s trial delayed again to January 2019

Red Scorpions leader Jamie Bacon is charged with counselling to commit the murder of Person X, currently serving time for another gangland crime. Jury selection was slated to begin Monday, but has been pushed back to Jan. 19. The trial had initially been scheduled to begin in April of this year. This is the third delay. Bacon has been in custody since April 3, 2009, when he was arrested in connection with the Surrey Six killings. Those charges were dropped last December, after years of closed pre-trial hearings. The crown is appealing.

Bacon remains in custody after he was denied bail earlier this year.

The judge’s reasons for granting the defence’s request for the stay were sealed. Cody Rae Haevischer and Matthew James Johnston were convicted of six counts of first-degree murder.

New drug Dsuvia sparks fears amid opioid epidemic

A new drug approved by the FDA has caught the attention of those fighting the opioid epidemic. Dsuvia is made by a 13-year-old California-based company, AcelRx Pharmaceuticals. It is a powerful opioid, 5 to 10X stronger than fentanyl. The fast-acting product contains sufentanil and is meant to be taken in a supervised medical setting.

Dr. Pamela Palmer, co-founder and chief medical officer at AcelRx, defended the drug. “There is currently no way available to rapidly treat extreme pain without sticking you with a needle,” Palmer said. “For the first time, we’ve developed a small tablet that goes under the tongue and dissolves in about six minutes.” Critics point out that the tolerance level for opioids increases. So this drug is just another step in that process. People who follow their doctor’s orders end up addicted to opioids.

Mykhaylo 'Russian Mike' Koretskyy

Mykhaylo Koretskyy is thought to have shipped millions in cocaine to Canada through his links with the Sinaloa Cartel. Koretskyy, 43, was arrested in the Dutch territory of Curacao on Jan. 3, 2018, when he stepped off an Air Canada flight from Toronto. Authorities on the island had been alerted to his arrival by a “red notice” from Interpol. He's been fighting extradition to the US ever since. His indictment lists El Chapo as alleged co-conspirator. Jury selection in Guzman’s Brooklyn trial starts today.

Emma Coronel Aispuro, wife of “El Chapo”, outside federal court in New York on April 17, 2018 with lawyer Eduardo Balarezo.

Koretskyy is suspected of moving cocaine from the U.S. into Canada by concealing it in cargo trucks. Evidence against him is reported to include secret telephone tapings and information provided by traffickers who are co-operating with U.S. authorities. To Canadian authorities, Russian Mike appears to be a ghost. The Flores twins sold El Chapo’s products wholesale to 30 major customers in North America, using an army of connections to move both drugs and money.

Margarito Flores, left and Pedro Flores. The twins cut deals to buy tons of drugs from El Chapo in the 2000s, and later cooperated.

El Chapo's sons running Drug Empire

Ivan Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzmán Salazar

Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán is facing trial tomorrow, but it's business as usual for his billion dollar cartel thanks to his two sons. Ivan Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzmán Salazar are directing El Chapo's business empire. El Chapo's wife, Emma Coronel, recently created an Instagram account under his name, sharing photographs of her luxurious lifestyle.

The notorious head of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel is charged with 17 counts, including murder conspiracy, drug-trafficking and money-laundering. US prosecutors contend that from 1989 to 2014, the cartel smuggled at least 154,626kg of cocaine into the US, as well as heroin, meth and marijuana, raking in $14bn.

Despite the arrest, the Sinaloa cartel is hugely powerful. His codefendant, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, remains at large, and violent drug trafficking continues unabated in Mexico.