Three residents from the St. Louis area have entered guilty pleas in federal court after admitting to selling fentanyl and other controlled substances through social media platforms, including drugs linked to one fatal overdose and one nonfatal overdose.
Aeman Ali, 23, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to aiding and abetting the maintenance of a drug-involved premises.
Zaki Salman, 23, of Hazelwood, entered a guilty plea in February to one count each of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, maintaining a drug-involved premises, and distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury…