An alleged D.C. drug dealer who had a conviction overturned in a landmark Supreme Court ruling emerged partially victorious yesterday when a judge declared a mistrial in the case against him.
Last week a Guatemalan man was stopped at Dulles while trying to smuggle three kilos of cocaine hidden inside belts he was carrying. If there’s anything to be said, it’s that our local drug smugglers are a creative bunch.
A Nigerian woman was stopped at Dulles Airport last week with five pounds of heroin in her stomach—a new record.
Well, we weren’t entirely sure how the story about Natasha Dasher — the proprietor of Uniontown Bar and Grill in Anacostia who was busted by federal agents on cocaine distribution charges over the weekend — was going to get any worse. But WTOP’s Mark Segraves appears to have uncovered a nasty piece of fallout.
The owner of Anacostia’s popular Uniontown Bar and Grill has been charged in a federal drug-trafficking investigation. Federal drug agents tracked 65 kilograms (around 140 pounds) of cocaine from Texas to the woman’s office in Fort Washington.