Feds: Alleged drug kingpin was backed by Grosse Pointe Park man to build submarine
By FOX 2 Staff
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - A Grosse Pointe Park man and an alleged international drug trafficker from Albania worked together to build a submarine with plans to smuggle cocaine across the Atlantic Ocean, according to a federal indictment.
Ylli Didani, 43, was charged this month after his arrest on March 31 in Charlotte, North Carolina, on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, according to the United States Attorney s Office.
According to Acting U.S. Attorney Saima Mohsin, Didani and other co-conspirators, including a man from Grosse Pointe Park, planned and financed the distribution of cocaine from several locations, until the Grosse Pointe Park man s death in a plane crash.