A drug trafficking case involving large volumes of fentanyl from August last year that originated in Simi Valley has been taken over by federal prosecutors, according to authorities.
The four Los Angeles men charged for an alleged 17 counts of drug trafficking in Ventura County faces a federal indictment with a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years each in federal prison, according to a Ventura County District Attorney’s Office news release.
On June 12, the U.S. Attorney’s Office secured a federal grand jury indictment for the four Los Angeles men stemming from a large-scale drug trafficking operation involving fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine, the release said. As a result of the federal action, the county DA’s office dismissed the case against the four on June 15…