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Suspected ‘ice’ supplier falls
CNMI Drug Enforcement Task Force arrested on Thursday night one of suspected main suppliers of methamphetamine or “ice” in the villages of Chalan Kanoa, San Antonio, and Koblerville.
Jun Xia, 37, also known as Jun Tragic, was taken before Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho on Friday for a bail hearing on charges of trafficking of a controlled substance and illegal possession of a controlled substance.
Cash bail was set at $100,000; preliminary hearing was held today, Tuesday.
Assistant public defender Michael Sato was appointed as counsel for Xia. Assistant attorney general Jonathan Glass Jr. appeared for the government.
Xia, a Chinese male, was first arrested last Jan. 10, 2017, in Susupe for trafficking and illegal possession of “ice.” He was released on his own recognizance after offering to serve as a confidential informant but was then re-arrested last Thursday in Koblerville for not cooperating with the police’s ongoing investigations.
A cooperating defendant told police that he/she has known Tragic (Xia) in the past three years as an “ice” distributor who uses a moped for his deliveries to customers.
Xia, who lives near Susupe Lake, would also allegedly receive stolen items such as flat screen TVs, jewelry, cellular phones, and portable electronic devices from drug customers in exchange for “ice.”
During two “buy-walk operation” last Dec. 8 and Dec. 28, the cooperating defendant was able to buy “ice” from Xia.
