Feds: Va. man ran large-scale marijuana-trafficking ring

Federal authorities say an Arlington man ran a large-scale marijuana-trafficking operation that brought hundreds of pounds of the drug into Northern Virginia over the past two years. Since 2009, 26-year-old Eray Basaran and others purchased large amounts of marijuana from California and Florida for distribution in Virginia, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Alexandria.

The complaint doesn’t specify how much marijuana Basaran is believed to have trafficked, but he was charged with conspiracy to distribute 100 or more kilograms of marijuana. That means authorities think he trafficked at least 100 kilograms — about 220 pounds — of the drug.