17 charged in District drug-distribution ring

Seventeen people are charged in a drug ring that authorities say has been trafficking cocaine and marijuana in the District for more than three years. A federal grand jury in D.C. returned a 29-count indictment against members of the drug ring late last week, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Charges against the 17 include conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute the drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, distribution of cocaine near schools, and firearms offenses.