US Attorney Twenty-Two Defendants Charged with Federal Drug Conspiracy and Related Crimes

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Press Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland

A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging 22 defendants with participating in a drug conspiracy that allegedly distributed heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine in Maryland and surrounding states, resulting in multiple overdoses, including five overdose deaths. According to the superseding indictment, the defendants possessed firearms in furtherance of their drug trafficking and purchased guns from customers in exchange for drugs. The superseding indictment was returned late on April 10, 2019, and unsealed yesterday.

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