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FBI Arrests 16 Soldiers, Law Enforcement Officers in Drug Bust

HeadlineMay 13, 2005

The Justice Department said yesterday that FBI agents posing as cocaine traffickers in Arizona caught 16 current and former U.S. soldiers and law enforcement personnel who took about $220,000 in bribes to help move the drugs through checkpoints. Those charged include a former Immigration and Naturalization Service inspector, a former Army sergeant, a former federal prison guard, current and former members of the Arizona Army National Guard and the state corrections department, and a local police officer. All 16 have agreed to plead guilty to being part of a bribery and extortion conspiracy. The Justice Department says the operation took 3 1/2-years. Officials say more arrests are anticipated.

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