Federal drug charge results in 27 years in prison for Michigan man

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – A Kalamazoo man has been sentenced to over 27 years on a federal drug trafficking charge.

Michael Warren Smith Jr., 38, had previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, and cocaine, according to a press release from the office of Andrew Birge, acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan in Grand Rapids.

“We are pleased with this sentence,” Mike Ferguson, Captain of the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team, said in the press release. “Mr. Smith possessed a large amount of drugs and guns. Drugs and guns that would’ve hit the streets of Kalamazoo if not for the hard work of KVET and our federal partners.”…

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