Fifth person charged in plot to smuggle narwhal whale tusks into US, says Department of Justice
BANGOR, Maine — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that a fifth person had been charged in connection with a conspiracy to smuggle narwhal whale tusks into the U.S. from Canada. Eddie Thomas Dunn, 59, of Eads, Tenn., waived indictment and pleaded guilty in December 2011 to charges in U.S. District Court in Anchorage, Alaska, but the case was sealed until last month. Dunn, who is to be sentenced in March, has been free on bail for more than two years. Dunn pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to illegally sell wildlife and illegally selling wildlife. By pleading guilty, Dunn admitted that he and an unnamed co-conspirator paid Logan $126,000 for 135 tusks and resold them for $1.11 million in Alaska, Washington state, Ohio, Florida and Tennessee.
Related Posts
Fake branded clothes seized in sale at Noida Haat, couple arrested
BULANDSHAHR: A team of Noida police raided a discount sale organized in Noida...
Software detects fake mobile, Wi-Fi networks
An Israeli company has developed a product it says can detect if a mobile device...
Economists Tips Smuggling Boom If Cigarette Prices Raised 365%
A plan touted by some in the government to increase cigarette prices is likely to...
Fake Watch Racket Busted, Mumbai Crime Branch Seizes 1 Cr Worth Goods.
The Mumbai Crime Branch on Monday busted a fake watch racket& has seized over...