AGENCIES SHARE $11 MILLION SEIZED FROM DRUG SMUGGLER

TALLAHASSEE - Several Florida and federal law enforcement agencies
split a little more than $11 million Friday in proceeds confiscated
from imprisoned drug dealer Claude Duboc - the second multimillion
dollar distribution in as many years.

The largest award, $5.8 million, went to the Internal Revenue Service
while the Gainesville Police Department received nearly $3.6 million.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement was given $1.5 million, and
the Eighth Judicial Circuit Special Investigations Unit received $341,000.

Last year, $15 million taken from Duboc was distributed.

``This is the latest gift that keeps on giving,'' U.S. Attorney
Gregory Miller said. ``Crime pays, sometimes, for law enforcement
agencies that are involved in complex, long-term investigations.''

The money distributed came from the sale of roughly $17 million in
BioChem Pharma stock forfeited by Duboc to the government. The drug
smuggler forfeited property worth more than $100 million as well.

Overall, authorities have confiscated about $200 million in assets
from Duboc, Justice Department spokesman Alan Sprowls said Friday.

Duboc's international drug operation was importing up to 169 metric
tons of hashish a year during its peak, authorities said.