NOVEMBER 22, 2007 Mexico City, Mexico
Federal Police arrest U.S. fugitive Christopher Hamlet with $729,894 in U.S.
Dollars, an AK-47 gun and 2 pounds of marijuana
Mexican federal police agents arrested U.S. Fugitive Christopher
Hamlet in Mexico City. The federal police searched a home in the
Bosques de las Lomas section of Mexico City and found Hamlet.
The agents also seized a suitcase $729,894 in U.S. Dollars, three
bags containing about 2 pounds of marijuana and an AK-47 firearm.
Christopher Hamlet was wanted in the United States by the DEA, FBI
and U.S. Marshalls. He was a part of a large drug trafficking
organization that was originally from Tennessee. This organization
was led by Criag Petties of Memphis, Tennessee. Hamlet and
Petties were believed to have fled to Mexico after a number of
subjects in the drug trafficking organization were arrested several
years ago.
Source: PGR
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