91.   The Interior Ministry said the smuggling ring was run by Sikhs from Penjab province in India.

92.   The lucrative smuggling rings demand upfront payments from the immigrants, who are then whisked into a Western nation by often dangerous routes.

93.   The smuggling ring was uncovered during a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation of drug smuggling, officials said.

94.   The raids targeted individuals carrying drugs across the border rather than a large smuggling ring, police said.

95.   The smuggling ring profited handsomely from the operation, charging high fees for promises of quick passage to the West by airplane.

96.   The suspected central figure of a huge Chinese smuggling ring must remain in a Canadian jail until his claim for asylum gets settled, an immigration adjudicator ruled Tuesday.

97.   They have denied allegations that they ran a smuggling ring from the German cities of Cologne and Aachen.

98.   Three other defendants were convicted of playing minor roles in the smuggling ring and given sentences ranging from one year to five years.

99.   Three Panamanian government officials suspected of involvement in alleged smuggling ring were fired in June, after Perez Balladares learned of the investigation.

100.   Two men arrested in early April led a multistate smuggling ring that put Eastern European immigrants in janitorial jobs in the United States, federal court documents show.