10 charged after $17M in cocaine and guns seized in Philadelphia trafficking probe
Federal prosecutors say the ring worked with a Mexican cartel to bring hundreds of kilograms of cocaine to the Philadelphia area; authorities seized millions in drugs and multiple firearms.
Federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday that they have charged 10 people in what they described as the takedown of a major Philadelphia drug trafficking ring.
During a news conference, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said that authorities seized more than $8 million in cocaine and multiple firearms. More than $17 million in cocaine was seized with partners in other districts during the course of the investigation.