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FINDINGS OF FACT
Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so
found. The stipulation of facts and attached exhibits are
incorporated herein by this reference. Petitioner resided
in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, at the time he filed his
petition in this case. He is a high school graduate but
has no other formal education.
Sometime prior to August 1983, petitioner entered into
a conspiracy with Messrs. Victor Lubiejewski, Frank Nelson,
Robert Bonalewicz, Gilbert Cabeceiras, Joel Pinkard, and a
person called "Ricardo" to purchase a large quantity of
marijuana from wholesalers in Colombia, South America, for
distribution in the United States. The purpose of the
conspiracy was to earn a profit from the sale of the
marijuana. Petitioner had become acquainted with his co-
conspirators several years earlier through his involvement
in another drug smuggling operation known as the "Hot Tubs
case".
Petitioner and his coconspirators arranged for a
shipment of approximately 51,000 pounds of Colombian
marijuana to be delivered by boat to a location in or near
Atlantic City, New Jersey, in early to mid August 1983.
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