California IN BRIEF : SAN DIEGO : Man to Face Charges on Drug Smuggling
From Times staff and Wire reports
A California man was flown from Hawaii to San Diego Saturday, where he will face drug smuggling charges, the U.S. Customs Service announced. Casey Valentine Jones, also known under several aliases, was the last arrested of seven people indicted in March on charges of smuggling 6,300 pounds of marijuana, agents said. Jones was indicted for allegedly trying to smuggle Asian marijuana from New Zealand to California.
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