PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WHTM) — Dozens of people who were part of a drug trafficking organization in Pennsylvania were arrested, officials announced.
A total of 33 members people who were allegedly members of the Weymouth Street Drug Trafficking Organization (Weymouth DTO) were indicted Friday with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and dozens of related offenses, according to the Department of Justice.
This was the largest federal case the Eastern District of the U.S. Attorney’s Office has ever prosecuted.
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“This indictment is, by defendant, the largest federal case of this century prosecuted by our office and it attacks the very heart of the opioid crisis in the neighborhoods of Kensington,” U.S. Attorney David Metcalf said. “We are committed to returning these neighborhoods to their residents and reclaiming them from drug dealers who profit from the misery of others.”…