1.   Richardson had provided that testimony in exchange for a reduced sentence on unrelated federal drug charges, Karam said.

2.   The informant was Luis Reyes, a cousin of Ontiveros who hoped to lighten his sentence on an unrelated drug conviction in return for cooperation with the DEA.

3.   A drifter being questioned by police about the robbery and slaying of a British backpacker appeared in court Monday on an unrelated drug charge.

4.   Although he is serving time at the state prison in Norfolk for an unrelated drug conviction, he was ordered held without bail.

5.   Another officer already is in custody on unrelated drug trafficking charges.

6.   Assistant U.S. Attorney Jerry Sanford based his detention case against Black around evidence gathered from an unrelated drug investigation in the Detroit area.

7.   Boston police said Brown and Santos are being held at Plymouth County prison on unrelated federal drug charges.

8.   He already was serving time at the state prison in Norfolk for an unrelated drug conviction.

9.   Hung is currently in jail on unrelated drugs charges.

10.   In an apparently unrelated drug bust in the same area on Wednesday, federal anti-narcotics agents arrested nine presumed drug traffickers and seized a variety of guns.