Charlotte drug trafficker sentenced for selling Glock switch, fentanyl pills to undercover officer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — An armed drug trafficker was sentenced to prison for selling a machinegun conversion device (or “Glock switch”) and possessing over 6,000 fentanyl pills.

Jalein Young, 27, of Charlotte, was ordered to serve 138 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.

According to court records, Young sold a firearm fitted with a Glock switch to an undercover law enforcement agent in 2024. The firearm was a Glock model 19 pistol converted from a semi-automatic weapon to one capable of fully automatic fire…

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