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By
Gina Tabonares
Variety News Staff
A GRAND jury
indictment was filed yesterday against the man who received a DHL package
that contained more than 100 grams of the drug ice.
Ryan Jason Wall, 32, was charged with count 1 of conspiracy to distribute
methamphetamine and count 2 of attempted possession of methamphetamine
with intent to distribute.
He was arrested in a controlled delivery operation at the DHL complex
in Tiyan on Jan. 2.
According to Michael C. Perkins, a task force agent of the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration, a Guam resident officer received an anonymous telephone
call on Dec. 29 about a DHL package containing the drug ice.
The caller provided a DHL tracking number and stated that the package
was originally sent from Fife, Washington on Dec. 15, 2006.
On Dec. 29, at 7 p.m., Officer Perkins met with the anonymous caller and
stated that the DHL package was sent to a person identified as Ryan Jason
Wall who previously received a DHL package on Dec. 6 and that approximately
5 ounces of ice were concealed in the package.
A day later, Perkins checked the DHL tracking number thru the Web site
and learned that the package arrived on Guam at 8 a.m. The DHL package
was omitted from the airline manifest and the package had been routed
from Fife, Washington to Los Angeles, California to China and Guam.
On the same day, the package was X-rayed at the Guam International Airport.
The X-ray revealed the package contained an organic substance consistent
with contraband.
A search warrant was obtained from the magistrate judge on Dec. 31 which
was subsequently executed to open the package. When opened, the package
revealed 118.9 gross grams of crystal concealed within bath products.
The controlled delivery operation was conducted on Jan. 2, 2007 wherein
Wall walked into the DHL complex at 5:18 p.m., provided a tracking number,
and received the package. Authorities arrested Wall as he was exiting
the building.
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