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ate eee yu ce oe By ALI ALEXANDER KAHN United Press Staff Correspondent LOS ANGELES—Gangland murder yictim Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel foday was identified by federal narcotics agents as one of the worl world’s biggest dope ring operators. ee Narcotics agent disclosed Siegel was ‘hot “e death Friday night just aa he was about to be arrested for dope activities. Siegel's Hollywood playboy front In which ke hob- nobbed with film celebrities and was photographed with stars like his pal, ‘George Raft, was just a means of covering up hig par- tielpating in an _- intetnational narcotles ring, Craig said. ge have a heavy file on Sie- ," the narcotics agent said, Ese we were just about to close in on him when he was slain.” “Siegel participated in big in- ternational narcotics deals,” he added, Reports from other sources said the tact that narcotics agents]; knew of Siegel's connection with the international ring probably led to his death to keep him from revealing the workings of the ring, ‘The west coast section of the ting, with headquarters here, was on the verge of being! ESET - Siegel's s Death Cheated FRI of Seizing Him as Dope King, Agent Reveals’ | cracked open by the . federal agents. It wag reported that the machine-gunning to death of Po- lice Chief Juan Menesen of Mex. icali last Sunday night was due to his investigating narcotics mmuggling across the Mexican Siegel’s part in the ring was repo) to have been learned fro: rank Orbe, 57, a prisoner Tijuana, Mexico, Jail on & murder The disclosure of Steger's nar. cotics connections ALG TETOR