Updated at 4:55 p.m., Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Feds charge Honolulu man with drug, gun offenses
By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer
Brian Sang Yi, of Honolulu, is being held overnight in the main police station cellblock pending an appearance tomorrow before a federal magistrate.
According to the complaint, Yi was carrying 42 plastic bags of cocaine, 16 bags of marijuana, 17 tablets of the drug with the street name "ecstasy," a 9 mm automatic pistol with two unloaded magazines, and $5,755 cash in his backpack plus
$851 on his person.
The drugs and gun came to the attention of police after Yi suffered a minor leg injury in a moped crash Monday night and was taken to The Queen's Medical Center.
While en route to the hospital, Yi allegedly told Emergency Medical Services personnel that he had a handgun in his backpack, the complaint said.
Hospital security people were informed and an X-ray scan of the backpack showed a gun. Police were then called.
Yi was arrested at 9:10 p.m. on suspicion of first-degree promotion of a dangerous drug, second-degree promotion of a harmful drug, second-degree promotion of a detrimental drug, and for firearm offenses.
The case was investigated by the Honolulu Violent Incident Crime Task Force for federal prosecution.