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Acting United States Attorney Lawrence G. Brown
Eastern District of California
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Docket #: 1:08-cr-00361-OWW
GUILTY PLEA IN $1.4 MILLION BAKERSFIELD DRUG BUST
FRESNO, Calif.—Acting United States Attorney Lawrence G. Brown and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Anthony Williams announced today the first guilty plea in the federal prosecution of THAI HOANG NGUYEN, 32, of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada for conspiring to purchase and then resell 85 kilograms, or about 187 pounds, of cocaine. SOKHA BHOPAL, 50, of Valencia, Calif., VATH LIM, 34, of El Monte, Calif., and DAVINDER SINGH, 41, of Delta, British Columbia, Canada are also charged in the conspiracy.
This case is the product of an Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation by the Bakersfield DEA and Kern County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
According to Assistant United States...
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