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230kg of marijuana found in Samsung heiress's luggage
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1225880763066
ONE of the heirs to the Samsung Electronics fortune has been arrested after US police found almost 230kg of marijuana in her luggage.
Lisette Lee, 28, was arrested by Federal Drug Enforcement Officials after a private jet she was on landed at Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.
Officials stopped Lee, who lives in Beverly Hills in California, after becoming suspicious of the amount of luggage she was travelling with - 13 bags in total.
Ohio news channel WBNS reported that the Drug Enforcement Agency in California tipped off officials in Columbus.
It claims that when the plane landed, agents were waiting as luggage, allegedly containing the marijuana, was loaded into three waiting vans.
Authorities also confiscated three mobile phones, cocaine, drug paraphernalia and suspected drug ledgers that showed some US$300,000 in transactions
Lee told investigators that she chartered the plane from Van Nuys in California to Columbus to visit a boyfriend and transport equipment to a horse farm. She said it was her fourth such trip.
Three other people, who Lee claimed were her secretary and bodyguards, were also arrested at the airport.
But DEA agent Anthony Marotta said they have now been released pending possible indictments.
Lee has been charged with conspiracy and possession of drugs with the intent to distribute. She is being held without bail.
If convicted, she could face up to 40 years in prison and a fine of up to US $2 million.
Wonder if she was the bad egg in 2009 for the Roosters
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1225880763066
ONE of the heirs to the Samsung Electronics fortune has been arrested after US police found almost 230kg of marijuana in her luggage.
Lisette Lee, 28, was arrested by Federal Drug Enforcement Officials after a private jet she was on landed at Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.
Officials stopped Lee, who lives in Beverly Hills in California, after becoming suspicious of the amount of luggage she was travelling with - 13 bags in total.
Ohio news channel WBNS reported that the Drug Enforcement Agency in California tipped off officials in Columbus.
It claims that when the plane landed, agents were waiting as luggage, allegedly containing the marijuana, was loaded into three waiting vans.
Authorities also confiscated three mobile phones, cocaine, drug paraphernalia and suspected drug ledgers that showed some US$300,000 in transactions
Lee told investigators that she chartered the plane from Van Nuys in California to Columbus to visit a boyfriend and transport equipment to a horse farm. She said it was her fourth such trip.
Three other people, who Lee claimed were her secretary and bodyguards, were also arrested at the airport.
But DEA agent Anthony Marotta said they have now been released pending possible indictments.
Lee has been charged with conspiracy and possession of drugs with the intent to distribute. She is being held without bail.
If convicted, she could face up to 40 years in prison and a fine of up to US $2 million.
Wonder if she was the bad egg in 2009 for the Roosters
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