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Sep 4, 2009 7:04 pm US/Eastern
Former ICE Agent Suspected Of Drug Smuggling
TUCSON, AZ. (CBS4) ―
A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent once stationed in Mexico has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of cocaine smuggling.
Richard Padilla Cramer was arrested Friday at his home in Green Valley, Ariz., and appeared before a federal judge, who denied bail. Authorities say Cramer will be extradited to Florida. The case is being handled by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami, where federal prosecutors say the majority of the acts occurred.
In a criminal complaint made public Friday, authorities say Cramer helped a large-scale drug trafficking organization move cocaine into the United States.
The complaint says that Cramer provided members of a drug trafficking organization with information from confidential law enforcement databases and invested $400,000 in a 300-pound shipment of cocaine that was seized in June 2007.
The charges stem from a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency investigation dating back to 2006. Cramer retired in 2007.
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