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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...month federal investigation that resulted in the arrest of De Lorean and William Morgan Hetrick, 50, who was described by investigators as "one of the largest drug smugglers in Southern California," was cited as an example of the new spirit of cooperation among the often feuding federal agencies involved in stopping the drug traffic. In fact, it was one of the first interagency drug investigations since Attorney General William French Smith announced on Jan. 21 that the FBI would throw its resources fully into the antidrug fight. Before then the smaller Drug Enforcement Administration had carried the main burden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bottom Line... Busted | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

...aware of possible claims of entrapment, Justice Department officials stoutly insisted that the operation that netted De Lorean was carefully designed to meet all court standards. Moreover, they said De Lorean could not have been entrapped because the operation had not been aimed at him. Declared one FBI agent: "Hetrick was the original target. He was Mr. Big. De Lorean just walked into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bottom Line... Busted | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

...Suspecting an illegal cash-laundering operation, Ventura detectives tried to trace Morgan. The trail led to Morgan Aviation, an aircraft repair shop in a leased hangar at Mojave Airport on the edge of the Mojave Desert, 90 miles north of Los Angeles. The company was operated by William Morgan Hetrick, who used his middle name as his first. Ventura police notified the U.S. Customs Service of their suspicions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bottom Line... Busted | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

...Hetrick, a quiet man who had been married three times and was separated from his third wife, had moved his business to Mojave Airport from Camarillo, Calif, in May 1981. He overhauled the old building, spending some $225,000 on carpeting, a sophisticated machine shop and an advanced computer. "Everything he bought was first class," recalls Airport General Manager Dan Sabovich. "I used to take friends there just to show it off." But few aircraft or customers seemed to be using the hangar. Said Sabovich: "I thought he must have an angel?a financial backer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bottom Line... Busted | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

...Hetrick, in fact, rarely worked at the hangar, leaving operations to his eldest son. But he had a sidekick, Stephen Arlington, 34, a former Navy frogman in Viet Nam, who shared a Hetrick enthusiasm: scuba diving. The two often flew off to Grand Cayman Island in the Caribbean and took trips to the Bahamas on Hetrick's 46-ft. trawler, the Highland Fling, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Hetrick also owned five airplanes and a 53-ft. yacht, the Ivory. Arrington, said a former Morgan employee, was "a kind of super gofer" for Hetrick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bottom Line... Busted | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

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