Six suspected methamphetamine or \u201cice\u201d traffickers on Saipan were arrested in separate CNMI Drug Enforcement Task Force operations over the weekend. <\/p>\n
The suspects were identified as Joshua Sablan Diaz, 34; Song Joon Park, 41; Li Hui Shi, 41; Yi Chuan Bai, 33; Shou Fu Zhang, 33; and In Jun Cho, 38.<\/p>\n
At a hearing yesterday, Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho imposed $100,000 cash bail on each of the suspects. All six are facing charges of trafficking and possession of a controlled substance, and conspiracy to trafficking and possession of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n
Assistant attorney general Chester Hinds appeared for the government at the hearing. <\/p>\n
According to a CNMI Drug Enforcement Task Force officer, their \u201ccooperating source\u201d managed to buy $350 worth of methamphetamine from Diaz at the latter\u2019s home in Chalan Kiya last Sept. 23.<\/p>\n
That was allegedly repeated last Oct. 5, when the \u201ccooperating source\u201d was again able to buy $100 worth of methamphetamine from Diaz at his home.<\/p>\n
In the case against Park and his girlfriend, Shi, DETF said their \u201ccooperating source\u201d bought $550 worth of \u201cice\u201d from the two during a sting operation last Oct. 25 at their home in Dandan. The \u201ccooperating source\u201d was allegedly able to buy again $540 worth \u201cice\u201d from the two last Oct. 28.<\/p>\n
In Bai\u2019s case, DETF said that it was Bai who delivered the drugs to Park and Shi at the Oct. 25 and 28 sting operations.<\/p>\n
In Zhang\u2019s case, DETF said their \u201ccooperating source\u201d managed to buy $600 worth of \u201cice\u201d from Zhang last Oct. 2 near a store in Chalan Piao.<\/p>\n
In the second operation, the \u201ccooperating source\u201d was able to buy $450 worth of \u201cice\u201d from Zhang last Oct. 16 near a bank in Garapan.<\/p>\n
In the case against Cho, DETF said their \u201ccooperating source\u201d was able to buy $100 worth of \u201cice\u201d from the defendant at his house in Garapan last Sept. 18.<\/p>\n
DETF said the \u201ccooperating source\u201d was again able to buy $100 worth of \u201cice\u201d from Cho at his residence last Nov. 19. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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