2 'ice' defendants remain in custody - Marianas Variety
DISTRICT Court for the Northern Mariana Islands Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona has granted the federal prosecutor’s motion to detain Zhenlin Fang and Yuliu Liu pending trial. Earlier, Judge Manglona found probable cause or reasonable grounds that Zhenlin Fang and Yuliu Liu may have committed the offense of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. During a preliminary hearing, Judge Manglona noted the way the air compressor was used to smuggle “ice,” the volume seized, and the 130 grams of “ice and over 700 to 800 Ziploc bags in different sizes subsequently found in the residence of one of... These, the judge said, indicate that Fang and Liu had knowledge of the content of the air compressor, and that they tried to avoid detention by law enforcement, and had the intent to distribute. Zhenlin Fang and Yuliu Liu, who are both from Fujian province in China, separately arrived on Saipan through conditional parole. Zhenlin Fang, born 1991, and Yuliu Liu, born 1979, are both unemployed but federal agents have recovered $1,500 from Fang, and also learned that he drove a Lexus, bought a Hermes bag from T Galleria and rented an apartment on Navy Hill with four... Source: www.mvariety.com
