The Brief
- Two North Texas men were each sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison for running a drug trafficking scheme.
- The conspiracy distributed thousands of counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl across the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
- Federal agents seized a firearm used to protect a Dallas drug distribution house during a multi-agency investigation.
DALLAS, Texas – Two North Texas men have been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to their roles in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.
The conspiracy allegedly distributed counterfeit oxycodone pills across North Texas, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Dallas and Plano men sentenced in federal fentanyl scheme
What we know:
28-year-old Heath Darrian Denson, of Dallas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. …