An Afghan man accused of attempting to smuggle large shipments of heroin into the United States to benefit the Islamic Emirate and Haqqani Network has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, the United States Justice Department said on Friday.Haji Abdul Satar Abdul Manaf, 59, also known as Haji Abdul Sattar Barakzai, was convicted in August after a two-week jury trial, the United States Justice Department said in a statement.In June 2012.
the Treasury Department sanctioned Manaf for storing or moving money for the Islamic Emirate.Beginning in at least January 2018, Manaf attempted to import large quantities of heroin into the United States and paid the IEA and Haqqani Network to support his drug trafficking.In August 2018, Manaf sold a 10-kilogram shipment of heroin in Afghanistan to an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, believing the heroin would be transported to the United States.
Manaf claimed he had paid the Islamic Emirate to facilitate the heroin&sproduction and said they would guard future shipments.Manaf also attempted to transfer thousands of dollars of narcotics proceeds through his money-remitting business to individuals he believed were Haqqani Network operatives.The US Justice Department also said that Manaf sought to silence a witness.
While awaiting trial in New York, he directed his family members in Afghanistan to kidnap and threaten a DEA source who had testified against him.In addition to his 30-year prison sentence, Manaf was ordered to forfeit the proceeds of his crimes and will serve five years of supervised release following his imprisonment.The post United States sentences Afghan man to 30 years in prison for narco-terrorism and witness tampering first appeared on Ariana News.