ROME, Ga. – Wilfort Foster, III, 41, of El Monte, California, has been sentenced to 28 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to narcotics and money laundering conspiracy charges. Foster, a convicted felon who was on probation during part of his criminal activity, orchestrated an operation that transported hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine and significant quantities of fentanyl from California to North Georgia and other areas. He then laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug proceeds.
“Our office partnered with a host of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to dismantle a significant, multi-state drug trafficking and money laundering network,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. “Foster’s 28-year prison sentence should serve as a robust warning to others who might consider trafficking deadly fentanyl and methamphetamine in North Georgia.”
According to U.S. Attorney Hertzberg, Foster’s operation ran from 2017 into 2022, conspiring to transport drugs from California to Cartersville, Georgia, and other locations. Foster managed a stash house and an illegal gambling operation out of his California barbershop, using it to supply his network. In one instance, he supplied a co-defendant with over 22 kilograms of methamphetamine, which law enforcement later seized…