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Birmingham man convicted in cocaine trafficking Published 12:41 pm,
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A Birmingham man who was found with cocaine during
a 2010 traffic stop has been convicted of possession with the intent
to distribute.
Federal prosecutors say 40-year-old Eritrean national Biniam Asghedom was
convicted Tuesday after a two-day trial in Birmingham. Authorities say the
man was caught with about a pound of cocaine during a traffic stop in
December of 2010.
Investigators have said they tracked the man from a known drug location and
he was one of several people who became the focus of a Drug Enforcement
Administration probe.
Aside from the drugs, prosecutors say authorities found $14,500 in the
truck he was riding in.
Prosecutors say Asghedom is scheduled to be sentenced June 25.
Received on Wed Mar 05 2014 - 22:17:45 EST