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Weapons found in home of Akwesasne man and strip club owner caught in SQ tobacco operation

11 years ago By APTN National News

Mohawk police officers uncovered a cache of weapons Wednesday inside the home of an Akwesasne man whose strip club was allegedly used to store North Carolina-grown raw tobacco after it was smuggled into Canada by an Italian Mafia-run network, APTN National News has learned.

Akwesasne drug probe takes down high-flying Quebec playboy kingpin with ties to Italian Mafia, Mexican cartel

12 years ago By Mark Blackburn

A Drug Enforcement Administration probe that began in Akwesasne, a Mohawk community straddling the Canada-U.S. border, led to the take-down of a 33 year-old Quebec playboy who managed an international, billion dollar drug operation with links to the Italian Mafia and a Mexican cocaine cartel, court documents show.