Authorities on Sept. 16 arrested five people suspected of operating a multimillion-dollar drug trafficking ring that used luxury private jets to ship more than 20,000 kilograms of cocaine—about 44,000 pounds—and more than $100 million in drug proceeds between Los Angeles and New York City.
The defendants were charged on a 10-count federal indictment alleging their participation in the drug trafficking ring.
Jamel Donald Levy, 52, of Brooklyn, New York; Bruce Adams, 50, of the Bronx, New York; and Cindy Rachel Imbert, 33, of Englewood, New Jersey, made their first court appearances Sept. 16 in New York district court.
Los Angeles residents Nohely Jimenez-Ruiz, 30, and Lorna Martinez, 42, also known as “Cookie,” made initial court appearances in Los Angeles on the same day….