Feds target cocaine trafficking ring in Maryland

Published November 8, 2009 5:00am ET



A Texas man has been accused of trafficking more than 50 pounds of cocainefrom Arizona and Colorado to Maryland, the second member of a national drug organization busted in the Washington area within the past year, court documents reveal.

Ricardo Avila was taken into custody late last week on cocaine trafficking charges, court records show. He’s accused of making trips from Colorado and Surprise, Ariz., to Maryland with a car carrier trailer packed with as much as 50 pounds of cocaine. The drugs, court documents said, had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico.

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