Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakawakia te kaiawhina whaiaro o tētahi Seneta o Mississippi mō te hokohoko tarukino mai i Haina hei utu mō ngā mahi taikaha. I whakarewahia e te pirihimana he tirotirohanga i muri i te hopu i tetahi putea i te Paenga-whāwhā 9 me te neke atu i te kilo o te tarukino moepuku GBL i tukuna ki a Fred Pagan, kaiwhakahaere tari me te kaiawhina whaiaro ki a Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS). I te whakaekenga o tōna kāinga i te Rāpare, ka kitea e rātau 181.5 karamu o te meth. Ko Thad Cochran (R-MS) kaore ano kia korero mo te meka kua whakawakia tana kaiawhina whaiaro me te kaiwhakahaere o te tari a Fred Pagan mo te hokohoko tarukino, tae atu ki te methamphetamine, mai i Haina. I utua a Pagan i te $160,000 i tana tūranga o te Senate i te tau kua hipa, e ai ki ngā pūrongo a te Washington Post. E ai ki te pepa, kua mahi a Pagan, 49, ki a Cochran mai i te 16 o ona tau. E whakawakia ana ia mō tētahi kerēme o te pupuri me te whakaaro ki te tohatoha i te methamphetamine me tētahi kerēme o te kawemai i tētahi matū ārai. Ko te tuatahi ka whiua ki te rima ki te 40 tau i te whare herehere, ko te tuarua ki te 20 tau. I tukuna a Pagan i te Paraire i muri i tana putanga tuatahi ki te kooti. Ka puta anō ia i te 14 o Mei. E ai ki ngā tuhinga a te kōti i pānuihia e Te Pūpepa o Washington City, e whakaae ana a Pagan i whiwhi ia i ngā uta e toru o te tarukino mā tētahi kaihoko. E whakapae ana ia i te hoko i ngā raupaparorohiko hei utu mo ngā mahi ā-ira. I whakapumautia e te kaikorero a Sen Cochran a Chris Gallegos kua mauheretia tetahi kaimahi engari kaore i whakaae ki te whakapumautia i etahi atu korero. I kii ia ki te Pepa Taone: 'Kei te whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro ta maatau tari ki te kaitohutohu ture o te Senate.' Ko te GBL, te tarukino i riro mai i a Cochran mai i tētahi kaihokohoko i Haina, he rite ki te tarukino tūkino i te rā GHB. He mea ture te hanga, te hoko rānei i tētahi momo o te tarukino i Te Hononga o Amerika. E rua tau pea te whiu mō ngā kaiwhakamahi, tae atu ki te 14 tau mō ngā kaiwhakarato. Ko te rongoā, kei roto i te ahua wai, ka takahia ki nga momo kirihou whiriwhiri na te mea e kiia ana ka tahuna i roto i nga momo kohinga noa.
Ko Fred Pagan, te kaiawhina whaiaro o Sen Thad Cochran (R-MS), e whakawakia ana mo te pupuri me te hiahia ki te tuku meth, me te hokohoko tarukino. I whakaekehia e te pirihimana tana whare i muri i te hopu i nga raau taero mo te raupatu i tukuna ki a ia. E whakapae ana a Pagan i te hiahia ki te whakawhiti i ngā rongoā mō ngā mahi ā-tinana. E tū atu ana ia ki te 40 tau ki te whare herehere, kua tukuna ia kia tae noa ki te rā whakawa o Mei. Kāore anō a Sen Cochran kia kōrero mō te hopu.