Miami-Dade County men arrested for their role in a Virginia cigarette heist, cops say
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Two Miami-Dade County men are in jail awaiting extradition to Virginia in connection with a huge cigarette heist there last month. Alberto Rico Perez, 31, of Miami Gardens and Ramon Izquierdo, 57, of Hialeah were arrested Friday by the Miami-Dade County Fugitive Task Force and Doral Police Department, according to officials. Police in Culpeper, Virginia, say the men were among a crew of five thieves who burglarized the Merchants Grocery Company on March 23. They forced their way inside the building and stole an undisclosed amount of cigarette cartons, Officer...
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