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DA: Man tried smuggling two kilos of coke on plane from the Caribbean

A Roxbury man was arrested at Logan Airport Saturday on charges he used a false-bottom suitcase to try to bring more than four pounds of cocaine on a flight from the Dominican Republic, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Raphael Espinal, 21, pleaded innocent to a charge of trafficking in more than 200 grams of cocaine in East Boston District Court today. If convicted on that charge, he will get a mandatory 15-year prison sentence. His bail was set at $200,000.

According to a statement from the DA's office:

Espinal arrived at Logan on an American Airlines flight from Santo Domingo shortly after 9:00 Saturday night. As with all passengers, his luggage was subjected to a routine search by United States Customs officials; following this initial search, Espinal was remanded to a secondary inspection area, where officials probed further and discovered a false compartment in his suitcase.

A search of the compartment yielded a large package of a white powder-like substance, later determined to be approximately two kilograms of cocaine.

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200g is less than half a pound. It's about the weight of a can of soup.

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I know, I know, it's a little thing, but woot!

The DA says he was found with two kilograms of coke, and so is being charged under the law that requires a stiffer penalty for people found with more than 200 grams.

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Is the "official weight" for evidence room purposes - just in case some gets lost somewhere.

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...that he was found with 2000g of coke, but 799g of it seems to have been misplaced? ;o)

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Now who can't type?

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Woo hoo! Where's my man Pulido?

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The cocaine trafficking laws in Massachusetts are incremental -- 14 to 28 grams, 28 to 100 grams, 100 to 200 grams, and 200 grams or more. The penalty for trafficking in more than 200 grams (whether it's 201 grams, 2000 grams, or 20000 grams) is 15 to 20 years in state prison.

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Do you have the same info for crack trafficking laws?

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yea boston 14 grams over u are a trafficker wich is so retarted get screwed hard

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you're supposed to hire Boston Police officers for smuggling.

Duh.

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These cops should be paid more so we can have a better educated police force. Lets get rid of the goons and up the salaries and detail rates!

And why are all of the corrupt cops you always pick out hispanic? You don't like us? ;)

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2 kilo is 2000g, no?

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And?

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200<2000

300>200

50c<$4

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