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Wrong man, wrong war: a case of mistaken identity in the war on drugs, and not an isolated case, either.(PUBLIC POLICY)
LAST summer, when Siddharth Patel stepped off the plane in Newark Airport on the way back from his honeymoon in India, a team of federal agents was waiting for him. They snatched the surprised newlywed from the customs gate and spirited him down in handcuffs to a detention cell where they told him he was under arrest. He asked to know what he had done wrong, but the arresting officials refused to tell him. Over the next twelve days, Patel would be transported to and from several prisons across the country, often unable to talk to his family or even to his attorneys for days at a time. Discussing it after the fact, his tone is still heavy with bewilderment: "I had no idea what was going on."
Patel, a U.S. citizen, had been snared in the dragnet of "Operation Meth Merchant," an undercover federal sting operation designed to crack down on the manufacturing of illegal methamphetamines in the state of Georgia. As his luck would have it, he was quickly being cast as yet another unhappy player in the perverse drama that is the federal war on drugs.
At the time of his arrest, Patel had never even heard of meth, the drug that prosecutors were ...
- Patel name has long history of success in hospitality.
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Virginia) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) July 19, 2004 700+ words
...keep track of the thousands in the database named Patel. "Just looking up the name Jay Patel, I can find 200 of them," said Mumford, president...than 8,000 members, and 60 percent are named Patel. Given that the group says about 37 percent of...
- Patel led CBI to believe they could nab bigger fish.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire July 17, 2004 700+ words
...the great escape by stamp scamster Kishore Patel is to be believed, they were lying in wait at Patel's Bapunagar house on Thursday night for his fellow racketeer Arun Kumar Rathi. Patel,who gave the CBI the dodge this time, had...
- Patel Purchases Controlling Interest in WellCare.
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 14, 1999 700+ words
...WCCT"), today announced that it closed its transactions with Dr. Kiran Patel and Group Health Incorporated ("GHI"). In the Patel transaction, Dr. Patel purchased shares of a newly authorized series of preferred stock for $5 million...
- Homi Patel puts his brand on 'new' Intercontinental.
- Magazine article from: Daily News Record Brick, Bill April 2, 1985 700+ words
NEW YORK -- Home Patel never dreamed 11 years ago that he would...was a hot shot young kid in 1974," says Patel, president and chief executive officer...General Foods." At 35 years of age, Patel has quite an unusual background for an...
- 6-10 Patel is learning game with Mavs.
- Newspaper article from: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE) January 12, 2007 700+ words
...than he is now for Division II UNO, Timir Patel isn't complaining. "To tell you the...our team here is better than that one," Patel said, thinking back to his time at Prairie...s why the minutes aren't there." Patel is averaging 3.3 points and 2.1 rebounds...
- Eager entrepreneur.(Pradhuman Patel runs Quizno's Subs franchise well)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: The Business Journal-Milwaukee Quigley, Kelly July 13, 2001 700+ words
...years ago, when India native Pradhuman Patel arrived, in the United States, he had...construction project manager in Mombasa, Kenya, Patel is the downtown Milwaukee franchise operator...sandwich restaurant chain based in Denver. Patel, 51, opened downtown's first Quizno...
- Backroom boy: Ahmed Patel resigns.
- Newspaper article from: Statesman (India) July 10, 2000 700+ words
Having accepted Ahmed Patel's resignation from the post of AICC...trusted lieutenants and trouble-shooters. Patel's loyalty goes back to the days of Rajiv...educated and uncontroversial, Ahmed Patel proved to be an ideal yes man to Rajiv...
- Neil Patel.(scenic designer)
- Magazine article from: TCI Barbour, David January 1, 1997 700+ words
...was a good year for scenic designer Neil Patel. Last spring, he was one of the first...been in New York less than four. Not that Patel's work is confined to New York. His...San Diego Repertory Theatre). In fact, Patel has established himself as one of the most...
- BJP plans to project Vallabhbhai Patel.
- Newspaper article from: Statesman (India) October 8, 2000 700+ words
...to revive memories of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to counter the Congress and hammer home...Senior BJP leaders, who hold Sardar Patel as an icon of Hindu revivalism and undiluted...the Congress has systematically sidelined Patel to project Nehru as a secularist. The...
- Sharing the American dream : Jay Patel's book shares his experience as a...
- Magazine article from: Hotel & Motel Management Nozar, Robert A. May 15, 2000 700+ words
...Times best-sellers' list. For Jay S. Patel, only the first objective was on his mind...negotiating with franchise companies," Patel said. "There was no thought on my part...others at AAHOA, most particularly Jay Patel's good friend Mike Patel, have been...
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