‘Enough Fentanyl To Kill More Than 200K People’ 11 Alleged Narcotic Traffickers Facing Federal Indictment For Conspiracy & Drug Distribution

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office of Maryland announced Tuesday that 11 alleged narcotics traffickers are facing a national indictment for conspiracy, cause organisation and firearms charges.

The men reportedly supplied Baltimore cause dealers with fentanyl, ace cocaine, heroin and marijuana.

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“All of these defendants are alleged to beryllium important players successful the narcotics trade,” Acting U.S. Attorney Jonathan Lenzner said. “Most of these defendants sold bulk quantities of amerciable narcotics to different cause dealers.”

The charges came arsenic a effect of a 16-month probe by the Baltimore Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Strike Force. It’s made up of instrumentality enforcement from respective federal, authorities and section agencies who enactment nether 1 roof.

“They’re sharing quality and sharing accusation and they’re making connections betwixt cases they would not person made successful the past,” Lenzner said.

The indictment alleges that the men distributed the drugs straight to customers and successful bulk to different cause traffickers who, successful turn, distributed the drugs successful Baltimore.

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Officials said implicit the people of the investigation, they seized “enough fentanyl to termination much than 200,000 people,” cocaine, $722,334 successful cash, and amerciable firearms. Investigators executed 55 hunt warrants.

According to the indictment, investigators seized $549,460 successful currency connected April 29 astatine Avalon Apartments successful Little Italy.

Six of the men charged are from Baltimore, 4 are from Baltimore County and 1 antheral is from Washington, D.C.

• Rigby Dukes, 54, of Baltimore
• Kevin Fuller, 55, of Baltimore
• Jimmye Howard, 32, of Baltimore
• Thomas Jones, 52, of Baltimore
• Khyle Paige, 30, of Baltimore
• Fred Primus, 47, of DC
• Keith Smith, 39, of Gwynn Oak
• Phillip Washington, 53, of Windsor Mill
• Ronald White, 53, of Towson
• Eric Wilson, 50, of Owings Mills

The defendants look a mandatory minimum of 10 years oregon a maximum beingness condemnation successful situation for the conspiracy.

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Each suspect besides faces assorted further charges including possession with intent to distribute, firearm possession, and different related charges.

Paul Gessler