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: U.S. Customs/Border Patrol

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