Three Miami men are facing federal drug trafficking and firearm charges after they allegedly distributed fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin through a barbecue restaurant and neighboring businesses in Northwest Miami-Dade County.
On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced a nine-count indictment against 45-year-old Antwan Bailey, 52-year-old Eddie Gene Worthy Jr., and 52-year-old Willie Weatherspoon. The charges include conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, distribution of a controlled substance, and distribution of more than 400 grams of fentanyl and 30 grams of heroin. Bailey and Worthy were also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, respectively.
According to the complaint, the trio used a Miami retail plaza just north of SR 112 in the Brownsville neighborhood to conduct their operation. The FBI had received information last December that individuals were trafficking narcotics through a restaurant called Brother and Sisters BBQ Pit at 4530 NW 27th Ave…