Prosecutors say 11 people have been indicted in federal court in the District for their roles in a ring that distributed cocaine and marijuana.
The ring arranged for large amounts of the drugs to be delivered to the Washington area, prosecutors said.
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In one indictment, eight people are charged with possessing and distributing powder cocaine and crack cocaine in the District, Maryland, Virginia, Texas and Arizona. In a second indictment, four people are accused of trafficking marijuana in D.C., Maryland and California. One man, 37-year-old Eric Moses, of the District, is named in both indictments.
Authorities searched 15 sites affiliated with the drug ring on Wednesday and seized 11 firearms, $64,000 in cash, and heroin, poweder cocaine, crack cocaine and marijuana, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. Throughout the investigation into the drug-trafficking operation, officials have seized more than 8.8 pounds of powder cocaine, a half-pound of crack cocaine, five pounds of marijuana and an unspecified amount of heroin, authorities said.
The indictments come a week after 17 people were charged with similar offenses in a separate drug-trafficking ring. Both investigations stemmed from the Metropolitan Police Department and FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force initiative, which aims to curb gang activity and drug crimes by taking down entire trafficking groups.
