| BALTIMORE: Eleven men including three Pakistanis will face trial for alleged involvement in an international heroin trafficking and money laundering operation, US Attorney Thomas DiBiagio said on Monday. The indictment charges the men with conspiring to distribute and import the heroin and describes transactions involving more than 40 kilograms of heroin, Mr DiBiagio said. Five of the men are US residents; three are Pakistani; two are Afghan nationals living in Thailand, and one is a Canadian, Mr DiBiagio said. Arrests were made in late August in Bangkok, Thailand; Silver Spring, Maryland; Alexandria, Virginia; and northern California. |