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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, July 16, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 16, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7postal service acts to stamp out drug parcels by the be Stork times Washington when Dirk Rice was arrested on a charge of distributing cocaine he decided that driving to and from Miami in his Mercedes Benz was not the most inconspicuous Way to do business authorities say. Postal inspectors who arrested Rice last year a his second arrest a said he resorted to a simpler Way sending drugs through the . Mails. To curb such drug dealers the postal inspection service has doubled the staff and work hours devoted to seizing drugs in the mail and tracking Down the culprits said chief postal inspector Charles r. Clauson. A there Are obvious advantages in sending drugs through the mail a Clauson said. A one is that its cheap. Another is that you have a guaranteed overnight delivery. A in recent years the inspection service has begun attacking drug mail instead of primarily waiting for tips said Paul Griffo a service spokesman. Officials said the number of arrests by postal inspectors for these crimes increased to 1,286 in 1990 from 307 in 1987, the year the service began bearing Down. Since the beginning of 1990, postal inspectors have seized 1,468 kilograms of marijuana 100,976 doses of Ltd 228 kilograms of cocaine 21 kilograms of heroin More than 3 kilograms of liquid pc 52 kilograms of hashish and 4 kilograms of opium. A if there is a package that is tightly wrapped has duct tape on All the seams and smells of Talcum Power which is supposed to hide the smell of whatever is really inside of it these types of things fit the profile of a suspect package a a said Mike Flynn a team Leader in the inspection services Washington division. Suspicious packages Are placed before drug sniffing dogs and if the dog rips and tears at the parcel that is com Side red probable cause for a search warrant to be issued and the package to be opened Clauson said. Quot packages in which no drugs Are found Are resealed and sent to their destination with a copy of the search warrant. Civil liberties lawyers question whether the closer scrutiny of mail carries with it an increased threat to americans privacy. A a in be had conversations with people who live in Eastern Europe who have said their mail is opened and scrutinized a said Loren Siegel a lawyer with the american civil liberties Union. Use of the dogs is one of the primary objections of the civil libertarians. A government should not be allowed to search and seize anything unless they have very very Good reason to believe contraband or another Type of illegal item is inside a Siegel said. A the Acle takes the position that the use of sniff dogs is a search within  Flynn said the drug dogs Are about 95 percent reliable. If a package contains drugs a postal inspector usually dressed As a regular mail Carrier takes the parcel to its destination. After someone signs for the package about half a dozen armed postal inspectors and Law enforcement officers wait 30 minutes and surround the residence. An inspector will then question the recipient. Arrests will be made if the authorities conclude that those inside knew what was coming in the package. The efforts Are financed in part with a drug Money Quot that was confiscated from the mail Griffo  la be no prenuptial agreement Marla says Donald Trump escorts Marla Maples to the Meadowlands grand prix in East Rutherford n.j., on sunday. By new Day new York a Here comes the Trump Bride Here comes the Trump prenuptial agreement a or does it Marla Maples in an interview said she does not intend to follow the first mrs. Donald Trump by signing such a contract. A i done to think we re doing it that Way a Maples said in an interview for next weeks people Magazine. Quot Liis relationship is going to be built on Trust and that a  but according to new York new Day columnist Linda Stasi Trump has told sources close to him that he a would no to leave Home without  even so he apparently left Home Long enough sunday not to answer the Telephone for comment. However late sunday a Man who sounded suspiciously like Trump and who answered Trumps private Home line said a i really have no comment for him at this  the Trumps signed a divorce pact in March after Ivana Trump unsuccessfully challenged a prenuptial agreement that limited any divorce settlement to $25 million. Under the Deal Trump must pay his former wife $14 million in Cash $350,000 in annual Alimony and$300,000 per year for the support of their three children. She also gets their 45-room mansion in Greenwich conn., an apartment in Trump Plaza a 1987 Mercedes and the use of their Florida mansion mar a Lago for one month a year. Maples also told the Magazine that the Short breakup before she and Trump announced their engagement Only strengthened their relationship. A i was into this relationship for so Long i was just going with it without knowing if it really made me Happy a she said in the article for the july 22 Issue. A when i realized i could he Happy alone it made me love him More freely a now instead of desperation its out of  Maples sporting a 7.5-Carat Diamond ring said she Hopes they will be married in a Small quiet ceremony sometime this Winter. What a difference a few weeks can make. 1�?The last time Maples was overjoyed about Freedom was in june after she Learned Trump had told people she was history and he was enjoying Lile on the Loose too much to Settle Down with one woman. Maples was furious. But she said in an june 27 interview with Stasi a a in a Fine because in a  Pilot bails out before fighter hits Bay Sandwich mass. Up a Marine Jet fighter crashed sunday into Cape cod Bay but the Pilot parachuted to safety. The a-4 skyhawk fighter Jet crashed four to five Miles offshore from the Cape cod town of Sandwich Early in the afternoon said Jack Mason an assistant controller with the coast guard in Boston. The. Pilot parachuted out just before the crash. He landed in Cape cod Bay and was picked up by a passing fishing boat Mason said. A a he a in Good shape a Mason said of the Pilot who was taken to nearby Falmouth Hospital for evaluation. The Pilot was not immediately identified. The plane assigned to a Marine Light attack Squadron at Nas South Weymouth was on a training Mission. A the experienced some kind of malfunction a Navy spokesman Paul Engs trom said. A what that was i done to know. And he had to ditch the aircraft. It was obvious to him that he could not make it to an Airport and land so he had to  an investigation is under Way Engs trom said. Mistake gives newlyweds unexpected wedding gift Lincoln neb. Apr Marjie and Robert Reichard were married in jail but they got an unexpected honeymoon on the outside because of a paperwork mix up. A it was a dream come True a Marjie Reichard said. A the lord was giving us a week. I was so thankful we got the time to spend  the two were wed june 26 in Lancaster county jail where Robert Reichard was in custody on a fugitive from Justice charge from Cape Girardeau mo., for allegedly violating probation. Just hours after the wedding he was released because of the mix up. I he mistake was discovered seven Days later. The sheriffs office contacted Reichard who returned to custody voluntarily and went Back to Missouri on july 3 to face the charge. Sheriffs sgt. Larry Russell said Missouri authorities called him july 2 and said they would arrive the next Day to pick up Reichard. Russell then went to the jail Only to find that Reichard had been released  
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