Customs Agent Devon Samuels Facing Laundering Drug Money, Smuggling Cash & Other Charges in Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Scheme

Isn't ironic that the person charged with enforcing the customs laws is charged with breaking the law? Customs agent Devon Samuels was charged with laundering drug money, smuggling cash and attempting to bring weapons onto an aircraft. If found guilty, Mr. Samuels, will never see the outside of a prison for decades. Samuels and 13 others were accused of being involved in a large-scale drug trafficking scheme.

U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said Thursday that authorities seized 700,000 tabs of Ecstasy worth more than $2.8 million at a house in Chamblee as part of the bust. Prosecutors said an officer posing as a drug money launderer gave the 45-year-old Samuels $22,000, which they said he smuggled to Jamaica. Samuels is also charged with conspiracy to commit marriage fraud. Authorities said he was paid $900 to help a couple in a sham marriage deceive customs officials. Source: WSB-TV

Seems to me like Devon Samuels got caught in something really crazy and the charges he faces are massive. If he is convicted, his life is literally over. Is he from Jamaica? All the Samuels I know are from the Caribbean.

CLICK HERE to read more about this case from the Jamaica Observer.