CLEVELAND (WJW) — Four men, including one from Cleveland and one from Akron, have been charged for their alleged role in a large-scale meth and fentanyl trafficking operation.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging the four individuals, who officials said were allegedly involved in an “international drug trafficking conspiracy.”
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According to a media release, from about Feb. 2023 to Aug. 2024, Calvin Locke (aka Uncle, aka Tio), 53, of Cleveland, allegedly sold drugs to redistributors throughout the northern Ohio region and then used a business entity, Locke and Goldstein, to launder the proceeds.
Co-conspirator Josue Melendez (aka Jay, aka Bananas), 35, allegedly facilitated multi-kilogram shipments of methamphetamine from Sonora, Mexico…