President Trump unleashed ICE once again this week, this time deploying
its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit, along with the DEA to arrest dozens of convenience store owners across 4 states.



Over 60 people were arrested, and already 35 of them have been indicted by
a Federal grand jury, with federal conspiracy charges for money laundering, distributing controlled substances and trafficking contraband cigarettes.



The AP carried
this story:

(T)he suspects conspired for more than 2 years to buy contraband cigarettes in St. Louis, a low tax market, while transporting and distributing them
in Chicago, Illinois, and New Jersey, which are high tax markets. The store owners are accused of using several convenience stores that they operated to create the appearance of legal cigarette purchases.



Illegal profits form the contraband cigarette sales were laundered through
accounts associated with the stores, and used to manufacture and distribute illegal controlled substances.



A synthetic drug, K-2, was sold every day from a handful of the convenience stores. Authorities said the store owners manufactured synthetic drugs
themselves by importing chemicals from China.



"The collaboration with our federal and local law enforcement partners is the key to breaking criminal enterprises in this area," said Special Agent
in Charge James M Gibbons of HSI Chicago.



"Synthetic drugs that are sold as substitutes for cocaine and methamphetamine, are neither legal nor safe," said James P. Shroba, Special Agent
in Charge of the DEA St. Louis Division. "These substances were never intended for human consumption and only serve to satisfy the avarice of the seller."

If convicted, the defendants face a maximum of five to 20 years in prison and the a $1 million dollar fine.

But here's what the Associated "Press" didn't think you needed to know...the names of
those indicted.



See if you notice any pattern..

Mohammed Almuttan, aka Abu Ali, 35, St. Louis, MO

Rami Almuttan, aka Abu Louay, 33, St. Louis, MO

Hisham Mutan, aka Abu Mohamed, 41, St. Louis, MO

Saddam Mutan, aka Abu Ali, 24, St. Louis, MO

Mazin Abdelsalam, aka Abu Mohammad, 38, St. Louis, MO

Najeh Muhana, aka Abu Yazan, 41, Fairview, NJ

Fares Muhana, aka Abu Yamama, 40, Cliffside Park, NJ

Ayoub Qaiymah, aka Abu Faysal, 23, Richmond, VA

Naser Abid, 23, Chicago, IL

Yadgar Barzanji, aka Abu Siver, 47, St. Louis, MO

Wafaa Alwan, 50, St. Louis, MO

Ahmed Abuali, aka Bazilla, 31, North Bergen, NJ

Mohammed Kayed, aka Mohammed Fayez, 21, Clifton, NJ

Momen Abuali, 20, Little Ferry, NJ

Firat Sevindik, 42, Cliffside Park, NJ

Mohammed Mustafa, 30, North Bergen, NJ

Mohammad Karashqah, Abu Yazid, 47, North Bergen, NJ

Fayez Sheikha, 46, Mishawaka, IN

Jihad Shihadeh, Abu Malik, 58, Chicago Ridge, IL

Ismael Abadi, 57, Carol Stream, IL

Abed Hamed, Abed Fawzan, 39, Greenville, NC

Maher Hamed, Abu Alazara, 33, Swansea, IL

Abdel Adi, 25, Oak Lawn, IL

Muhanad Khatib, Abu Alamin, 36, Chicago, IL

Eyad Awad, 38, Chicago, IL

Ismael Mustafa, 60, Kankakee, IL

Hayder Al Fatli, 40, St. Louis, MO

Kutlay Guvener, 35, Chicago, IL

Saad Al Mallak, 30, Dittmer, MO

Hassan Abdelatif, 29, Collinsville, IL

Mahajir Naz, 32, St. Louis, MO

Talal Abuajaj, 23, St. Louis, MO

Basem Hamdan, aka Abu Ramiz, 57, St. Louis, MO

Zainal Saleh, 29, St. Louis, MO and

Ibrahim Awad, 39, St. Louis, MO

That's right...every single one of the 35 men indicted is Muslim. Nothing to see here, huh?

And there's more. According to sources, "at least 20" of the men are being held on additional "immigration
detainers" by ICE. That means they are "suspected illegal aliens."



The AP didn't feel you needed to know that either. I'm sure it just slipped their minds.

This is just the latest in a continuing series of Muslim-owned convenience store criminal enterprises.

As TRN reported,
in 2015 state authorities in Alabama uncovered a massive, EBT-for-terrorism
scheme in which Muslim-owned convenience stores exploited the U.S. welfare system to fund ISIS:

The massive probe, dubbed Operation T-bone, targeted those they say have been cheating the food stamp system to the tune of hundreds
of thousands of dollars and sending the profits via wire transfer to Yemen, some of which is suspected to have funded
Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist activity.





And back then it was Alabama D.A. who led the investigation — not the
Obama keystone cops, who strangely had nothingto do with that bust.



All 11 stores shut down by authorities were Muslim-owned.

God bless America!!!

Looks like they caught the whole organization. Nothing to worry then

Great again....

Great job Mr. president !!

Nice bust as it will help state coffers with the extra cig tax revenue but this is some real low level criminal activity .

Reducing one's tax liability is the American way lol . Shit our country rose from a tax dispute with the British

The article is funny and also dishonest the previous operation in 2015 had no isis allegations. It simply alledged one of the guys was sending money back to family in yemen. A bunch of greedy convenience store owners and clerks hardly constitutes a mafia.

I didn't catch that Scorsese , nice one, it also said massive ISIS scheme , that's some funny shit

Just googled it and this massive Muslim terrorisn scheme made page 2 of the Riverfront times . I'm glad I'm an independent and can laugh at all the crazy shit both sides come up with , f ing hilarious

I give you this Footreads, you're consistent.
Although not quite in Crash ,territory yet