Opinion ID: 418131
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Heading: January-February 1977: the Preliminaries

Text: 26 Raymond Hawkins, a confessed drug smuggler, met Foster in 1972 and the two became reacquainted in 1976. 35 Foster flew by commercial airliner to Thomasville, Georgia, near Hawkins' home, on February 1, 1977; Cauble Enterprises paid for the ticket. When Cauble made a $25,000 loan to Foster from Cauble Enterprises' funds on February 9, 1977, Foster told Cauble that the money was to be reloaned to Hawkins. Hawkins flew to New Jersey the next day to lease trucks to haul marijuana. Cauble Enterprises paid for the ticket and Hawkins used all or part of the $25,000 to pay for the trucks. 36 Foster helped unload marijuana from the MONKEY on or about February 21, 1977.