Grand Rapids is no stranger to crime, but you don’t often see your local police department make national news. Sure, the Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD) has been featured in an HBO docuseries, but a recent crime bust that began in Grand Rapids was big enough that the Justice Department personally highlighted the case.
This wasn’t just some small-time crime: this was a multi-state crime bust that saw one man sending drugs across the country…using the U.S. Postal Service. It was a bold operation, and now it’s one he’ll spend 20 years in prison thinking about.
US Justice Department Takes Down Grand Rapids Drug Dealer
According to the press release by the United States Attorney’s Office, a Grand Rapids man named Cordairo Aqtavian Lambert, 39, was recently sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for “possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute.” The investigation has been ongoing since 2024, after a package sent to Grand Rapids was filled with over half a kilogram of cocaine and was seized in Arizona…