A man who is in federal prison due to a methamphetamine or \u201cice\u201d case now claims that the U.S. government refuses to return $1,130 and other items seized from him on Saipan in 2015. <\/p>\n
Xi Huang asked the U.S. District Court for the NMI to order the return of his $1,130, and a suitcase with his clothes and wallet.<\/p>\n
Huang is serving 15 years and eight months in prison over the shipment of methamphetamine or \u201cice\u201d then worth $850,000.<\/p>\n
Huang said the court has jurisdiction to entertain motion to return property seized by the government when there are no criminal proceedings pending against the movant.<\/p>\n
He said Kirk F. Johns, a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration assigned to DEA Saipan, arrested him on Dec. 4, 2015, for possession with intent to distribute \u201cice.\u201d<\/p>\n
During a search of his hotel room, Johns found his suitcase containing his personal property and a wallet, Huang said. He said the wallet contained $1,130 in cash. He said Johns seized the money and the suit and brought them to the DEA Office in Garapan.<\/p>\n
Huang said he attempted to have his suitcase and money returned to him, but Johns only returned his cell phone to his brother.<\/p>\n
Since the conclusion of his case, Huang said he has attempted to recover his property taken from his hotel room, but has been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n
Huang pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced in August 2016.<\/p>\n
A routine Customs inspection at the Port of Saipan of a 40-foot container from China resulted in the discovery of 4.9 lbs of \u201cice\u201d hidden in three plastic bags in one of the nine 5-gallon paint containers on Dec. 2, 2015. <\/p>\n
Joint federal and local enforcers investigated the shipment, resulting in the arrest of Huang and two co-defendants. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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