NEW YORK -- A yakuza leader and three Thai associates have been arrested in New York for allegedly conspiring to obtain surface-to-air missiles for groups in Myanmar using narcotics as a payment, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.
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Yakuza leader arrested in U.S. for drugs for missiles plot
Surface-to-air missiles to Myanmar to be paid for with heroin and meth
Four men were arrested in New York in a sprawling drugs for weapons scheme. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Justice)
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