Highland Park police Detective Tiffany Lipkovitch, 45, of Detroit, and Amber Bellamy, 38, of Detroit, were charged with distribution and conspiring to distribute controlled substances. Lipkovitch has been with the Highland Park Police Department since 2011.
Accused cocaine kingpin who allegedly planned underwater drug shipments to face trial
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DETROIT – An accused cocaine kingpin who feds believe was planning underwater drone drug shipments in collaboration with a Michigan CEO will face trial in federal court.
A federal grand jury decided this week that the case against former Michigan resident Ylli Didani, 43, can go to trial. Didani is charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
It is alleged that Didani was the leader of an international drug trafficking organization with ties to the United States, Mexico, South America and Europe. The criminal complaint includes details of a scheme to use an underwater drone to smuggle cocaine to Europe, and WDIV Detroit has identified a Michigan CEO who was allegedly helping to manufacture the drone. The complaint also says law enforcement has seized more than $100 million-worth of cocaine from Didani’s organization.
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Local and federal law enforcement, working in conjunction, spent years investigating large-scale narcotics traffickers in an effort that ultimately brought down the money-laundering ring.
According to court documents, beginning around 2013 and continuing until September 2019, the defendants conspired to distribute heroin, fentanyl and marijuana and commit large-scale money laundering.
The schemes relied on the use of small businesses that held themselves out as cell phone stores. The stores sold few, if any, cell phones, and they conducted little, if any, legitimate business otherwise. Rather, the stores were merely front businesses for drug traffickers to send large amounts of money related to their drug trafficking from Columbus to Mexico.