Six indicted in federal cigarette smuggling case - Martinsburg Journal
WINCHESTER A federal grand jury in the Northern District of West Virginia has indicted six people on charges of smuggling cigarettes illegally from Virginia to the New York City area. Federal, state and local law enforcement officials at a news conference Monday announced the indictments of Mohamed Abdo Elbarati, 30, of Winchester; Amir Mohamed Alsaidi, 37, of Baltimore; and Farouk Mohamed Aldaylam, 28, Fahd Hamood Aljahaf, 37, Galal Hameed Kassim, 29, and Muneer Kaid Khaled, 25, all of New York City, on one count of conspiracy to traffic in contraband cigarettes. Elbarati was also charged with four counts of transporting contraband cigarettes. U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II identi...
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