Page 36 w w w. c b m o v e The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch com September 13, 2013 Ramadans Due In Court Next Week By SHAWN J. SOPER NEWS EDITOR OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY 11 A.M.-3 P.M. Plenty Of Space for Relaxing...or Entertaining 18 SEAFARER LANE, OCEAN PINES Lovely home with great floor plan. Come see how all of the primary living areas flow together and still provide individual space. Drive up the circle asphalt driveway and creative landscaping. Inside you are greeted in a wide foyer with tile flooring. Hardwood floors in main living areas. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Custom features include granite kitchen tops, comfortable hot water heat, fireplace, bookshelves, sunroom and a lot more. Around back you will find an open deck, outside shower, shed, fountain and leyland cypress lining the back yard. $289,900 Rare Opportunity To Own In White Tail Sanctuary 210 CHARLESTON ROAD, OCEAN PINES Built in 2005 on a private estate lot, this is the very next thing to owning new construction. All on one floor, built by Beach Construction this lovely, well maintained home has beautiful hardwood floors, four-season tiled sunroom, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, double car garage, gas fireplace with bookshelves, speaker system, and so much more. Landscaped with deer resistant plantings and outside shower near garage, the curb appeal and charm are matched only by the dramatic architecture as you walk in the front door. Don’t miss out on seeing this unique home that offers so much more than the ‘little box’. $329,900 As Welcoming as an Olde English Garden 68 TAIL OF THE FOX DRIVE, OCEAN PINES Well-appointed rancher with over 1650 square feet of living space! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 separate sunrooms, 2 front porches and a large rear deck and shed. Hardwood and laminate flooring as well as solid kitchen and vanity tops. The front and back yards are low maintenance, giving you more time to enjoy all the wonderful amenities and activities the community has to offer. $215,000 ✍qq¤x¤✎❊¤❏q❉✝❋ Colleen Deptula 410-641-5700 • 443-880-3471 Colleen.Deptula@cbmove.com www.cbmove.com/colleen.deptula 11001 Manklin Creek Road, Berlin, MD 21811 | 410-641-5700 Owned And Operated By NRT., LLC OCEAN PINES SALES: OCEAN CITY – Two local residents indicted by a New York grand jury in May for allegedly being the ringleader and enterprise treasurer of a vast cigarette smuggling and money laundering operation with possible links to terrorism are scheduled to appear in court next week. In mid-May, federal officials concluded an investigation into a multimillion dollar cigarette smuggling operation with raids on two locations in and around the resort area including the West Ocean City homes of local residents and business owners Basel Ramadan, 42, who has been called the “ringleader” of the operation, and Samer Ramadan, 40, who is being called the operation’s “enterprise treasurer.” Next Friday, Basel and Samer Ramadan and each of the alleged co-conspirators are scheduled to appear in King’s County New York Supreme Court for what the New York Attorney General’s Office this week characterized as routine pretrial appearances. Essentially, the hearings are the next steps in the legal process during which bond review appeals can be heard, pre-trial motions can be filed and other business of the court related to the case can be handled. Basel Ramadan last appeared in court on July 9 and continues to be held without bond. Samer Ramadan last appeared in court on June 24 and remains held on a $15 million bond. At the Ramadans’ West Ocean City homes in the Oyster Harbor community, $1.4 million in large black bags was recovered, along with 20,000 cartons of untaxed cigarettes. Also seized were numerous vehicles and other property belonging to the Ramadans. The Ramadans allegedly conducted the vast cigarette smuggling operation out of their Ocean City properties. According to the New York Attorney General’s Office, the Ramadans and their co-conspirators allegedly funneled thousands of cartons of untaxed smokes and millions of dollars in ill-gotten revenue through Ocean City and Worcester County from a wholesaler in Virginia to a distribution warehouse in Delaware, from whence the illegal, untaxed cigarettes were distributed to retail outlets all over New York City and upstate. Immediately following the raids in May, there were not so subtle references to a possible link between the co-conspirators and known terrorists groups, fueling speculation much of the millions of dollars in proceeds from the alleged illegal enterprise could be ending up in the hands of terrorists, but a firm link has not been established. That investigation is ongoing.