Authorities: Heroin gang plied $20,000 a day

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Authorities call them the “Smackdown Organization.” Led by Calvin Matthews, 28, of Baltimore, and two of his brothers, who acted as “lieutenants,” the group allegedly distributed about $20,000 worth of heroin onthe streets of South Baltimore every day, authorities say.

Now, federal and state law enforcement agents say they?ve shut down the “significant” operation.

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