"Five people were arrested, accused of being involved in a cocaine-shipping scheme that used private air transport companies. The alleged trafficking operation involved hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of cocaine and cash, prosecutors say. Five alleged members of a drug trafficking organization were arrested Tuesday and accused of using luxury private shipping companies to fly hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of cocaine and cash between Los Angeles and New York City, federal authorities said."
"The alleged ringleaders of the organization - David "Gotti" Rodriguez and Raymond "White Boy" O'Connell - spent several years orchestrating the purchase and storage of bulk quantities of cocaine in Los Angeles to distribute across the East Coast before their arrest on multiple drug trafficking and criminal enterprise charges last year, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office for the Central District of California."
"Federal authorities have accused Rodriguez and O'Connell of using a downtown Los Angeles jewelry store as a front for a complex drug operation that used luxury freight companies to ship concealed containers of cocaine to New York City's Diamond District, starting as far back as 2013. After shipping the drugs over state lines via air, O'Connell and Rodriguez allegedly shipped the proceeds back west, where co-conspirators are accused of laundering the money and disseminating it through the organization, the statement said."
Federal authorities arrested five alleged members of a drug trafficking organization accused of using luxury private shipping companies to fly millions of dollars' worth of cocaine and cash between Los Angeles and New York City. Ringleaders David "Gotti" Rodriguez and Raymond "White Boy" O'Connell spent years orchestrating purchase and storage of bulk cocaine in Los Angeles for East Coast distribution and used a downtown jewelry store as a front. The organization allegedly shipped concealed containers of cocaine to New York City's Diamond District and flew proceeds back west for laundering. Authorities said at least 800 parcels containing 22 tons of cocaine were shipped, valued about $315 million.
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