Well, this is speculative, but if someone were running a drug importing business, he would likely choose to settle in some place like Durham, where he could count on protection from the local police and not being investigated.
If the cops are his partners, then he needn't fear being interfered with.
But that is entirely for discussion purposes only, presented as a hypothetical. Not meant to point to anyone in particular. I have no knowledge of Mr. O's activities.
But if Durham has a climate that is compatiable with crime, then maybe you might expect to find many others attracted to that clime, as well. . .
If the cops are his partners, then he needn't fear being interfered with.
It's been known to happen:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730815/posts
Henry Co. Sheriff, 19 others indicted
WSLS.com ^ | 11-2-2006
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - Henry County Sheriff Frank Cassell and 12 of his employees have been indicted on federal charges in an alleged drug-related racketeering conspiracy. A U-S Postal Service employee, a probation officer and five citizens were also charged in the 34-count indictment, which was unsealed today.
Charges in the indictment -- which was handed down on Tuesday --include racketeering, narcotics distribution, obstruction ofjustice and perjury. A spokesman for the U-S Marshal's Service in Roanoke says federal agents arrested most of the defendants early this morning.
The indictment alleges that beginning in 1998, drugs seized bythe sheriff's office were sold to citizens for distribution. Thedrugs include the cocaine, marijuana, steroids and the sedative Ketamine.
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I just heard on the radio that the Sheriff of Roanoke, VA and 11 Deputies have been arrested on drug charges.
They took it from the evidence locker and sold it back on the streets.
If that could happen in Roanoke, it could happen anywhere. The large majority of LE are the good guys. But when the opportunity for corruption is allowed to go unchecked, those few will take advantage of it, anywhere....
My speculative, hypothetical mantra from the beginning has been :
Prostitution --> Drugs ---> Organized Crime
The protection is coming from somewhere.