Federal agents intercepted 88 pounds of heroin destined for Vermont earlier this month and took a Guatemalan man into custody in the town of Manchester in southern Vermont.
The Burlington Free Press reports (http://bfpne.ws/1RPD3JB ) that a heroin shipment from Guatemala totaling 132 pounds was first discovered by federal agents in Miami, Florida, on Oct. 6. The drugs — which were destined for Burlington, Vermont — were in two packages.
A federal agent disguised as a courier delivered one package to 33-year-old Diego Walther Anibal Mejia Paredes outside a Manchester restaurant on Oct. 8 and then took him into custody.
A federal judge in Burlington ruled to keep Paredes in custody because he is a flight risk and threat to public safety. A federal public defender did not contest the findings.
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