20 held in suspect tobacco ring
Men held on felony charges after raid linked to cigarette smuggling
By <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ANNE MILLER, Staff writer
First published: Friday, October 28, 2005
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ROTTERDAM -- State Police rounded up 20 men in Rotterdam Wednesday night on
felony conspiracy charges related to a cigarette smuggling ring, according
to authorities.
The men's addresses range from Manhattan to Utica and include several
Capital Region cities. They were arraigned in Rotterdam Town Court and are
being held without bail in Schenectady County Jail.
Many details of the case were not released Thursday, with court documents
not being made available until today. The state referred calls to the state
attorney general's office, where a spokesman declined to comment. A law
enforcement official with knowledge of the case said the charges stemmed
from a suspected cigarette smuggling ring.
One of the men, Elhadi Abdalla, 42, of 180 Lark Drive in Albany, has a
history of marijuana convictions and faces extradition to his native Sudan,
according to records from federal district court in Buffalo.
Abdalla entered the United States on Aug. 31, 1987, according to the papers,
and was convicted of second-degree marijuana possession in August 1993.
In January 2004, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office
released him from custody under a probation agreement that required him to
report regularly to the Albany ICE office.
In Wednesday night's arrests, Abdalla was charged with fourth-degree
conspiracy. Also charged were: Mamoun Ahmed, 28, and Walid Soliman, 36, both
of 937 Cutler St., Schenectady; Salah Alsaedi, 30, of 145 Madison Ave.,
Albany; Nimzet Ilmic, 42, of 518 Wettmore St., Utica; Ali Jahmee, 53, and
Mohammed Jahmee, 20, both of 200 Remsen St., Cohoes; Mohammed Mugalli, 32,
of 530 Blondina St., Utica; Mohammed Salahuddin, 36, of 526 Columbia St.,
Hudson.
Also, Kajlid Yousif, 19, of 1121 Eighth Ave., Schenectady; Noaman Abdulla,
38, of 67 Grand St., Albany; Adel Abuzaid, 35, of 596 Jacob St., Troy; Fuad
Azzobaidi, 29, of 149 Second Ave., Albany; Jassim Hasan, 36, of 1827 Fourth
St., Rensselaer; Hayel Hussain, 31, of 2337 Van Vranken Ave., Schenectady;
Nawaf Mohammed, 26, and Salah Mohammed, 21, both of 106 Fourth St., Troy;
and Frank Nistico, 66, of Frankfort, Herkimer County.
Abdullah Alawaqi, 62, of 1572 Second Ave. in Manhattan, was charged with
fourth-degree attempted criminal possession of stolen property. Hashim
Mohammed, 41, of Crane Street, Schenectady, was charged with trademark
counterfeiting.
The men are set to return Monday to Rotterdam Town Court.
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