DeKalb residents arrested for dark web drug sales

Seven Georgia residents – including two from Atlanta and three from Dunwoody – have been charged in a federal indictment, allegedly conspiring to ship thousands of parcels containing fentanyl and methamphetamine across the United States.

According to officials with the United States Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Georgia, the seven defendants face a maximum sentence of life in prison after utilizing the dark web to begin distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other controlled substances sometime before March 2021 by shipping parcels of the illegal drugs from Georgia “to many other locations.”

All defendants were arraigned in federal court by June 20, following arrests and seizures resulting from the ongoing investigation…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS