TWO DEAD, FIVE ARRESTED IN GANGLAND BUST BY DEA & ATF
March 25th 2011, 10:00AM, Octavia Greenfield
Two dead, and five males arrested after Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) & Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives coordinate a successful gangland sting operation alongside San Fierro Police Department, known as Operation Goodwill. The operation was conducted to bring an end to weapon & drug trafficking operations between the Mexican Mafia & a Assyrian-Chaldean gang connected to the Chaldean Mafia.
The investigation led to wide spread seizures of narcotics & firearms, which included methamphetamine, ecstasy, heroin, cocaine and pharmaceuticals, amounting to 255 pounds of seized narcotics, with a street value of $3.5 million. The DEA paraded 14 semi-automatic pistols, ranging from Glock 17s, M1911s and Beretta 92s, also on display were two Colt AR15 semi-automatic assault rifles.
Among the arrested were associates of the Mexican Mafia, along with 3 members of the Assyrian-Chaldean gang in San Fierro, two of which were involved in a car accident after police attempt to pursue them in a stolen vehicle. The other member of the Assyrian-Chaldean gang was 21 year old, Cheikho Khnanisho who has previous for assault. Mr. Khanisho appeared in court today and plead not guilty to charges brought against him, in the end Khnanisho received a 5 year sentence, the minimum for drug trafficking charges in the state.
Earlier in the year San Fierro Police Department conducted a search of a vehicle in the Hashbury area of San Fierro, arresting three men in possession of semi-automatic pistols, SFPD believe the three men were about to commit an assassination attempt on a local drug dealer in a rivalling neighbourhood. All three men were given 2 year jail terms.
