Fifteen people are facing charges connected to a transnational drug trafficking organization distributing methamphetamine and gamma-butyrolactone across the East Coast.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced the 12-count indictment on Wednesday, the day after four of the alleged traffickers were arrested and search warrants were executed across D.C. and Pennsylvania.

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