The Brief
- The U.S. District Court in Tacoma sentenced Yehoshua Kilp, the leader of a drug distribution cell to 14 years in prison on Friday.
- Kilp bought and distributed large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl.
- The case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces investigation, which identifies, disrupts and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the U.S.
TACOMA – The U.S. District Court in Tacoma sentenced the leader of a drug distribution cell to 14 years in prison Friday.
The defendant was indicted in connection with a two-year investigation of drug trafficking organizations connected to the Aryan Family and Omerta prison gangs.
According to information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Yehoshua Kilp, 39, bought and distributed hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine, large quantities of heroin and hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills and continued to direct drug trafficking activities even while jailed on state charges. Friday’s sentencing resolves two drug cases Kilp was involved in.…