南卡州大陪审团起诉25人129项罪名：「Duffle Bag Boyz」贩毒斗狗网络被捣毁
南卡罗来纳州总检察长 Alan Wilson 10月21日宣布，州大陪审团已对一个主要盘踞在切斯特县与兰卡斯特县的贩毒网络展开大规模抓捕行动，共起诉25名被告、合计129项罪名，行动代号「Duffle Bag Boyz」。该组织被指在该州中部地区大量贩运冰毒、可卡因、芬太尼与大麻，部分被告还涉及斗狗，其中五人是州惩教部的在押人员。
调查由州大陪审团牵头，州执法局（SLED）、切斯特县与兰卡斯特县警长办公室、国土安全调查局、兰卡斯特市警察局及联邦调查局等多机构合作，历时约一年半。在10月20日的围捕前，调查已缴获芬太尼2.62磅、冰毒6.88磅、可卡因1.21磅、快克可卡因4.5盎司、大麻2.5磅、枪支30余支及压制芬太尼药片逾10000粒，并查获47只狗；围捕当天另缴获4磅多疑似芬太尼及更多枪支，检验分析尚在进行。
Wilson 表示，非法毒品祸害全州大小社区，州大陪审团正是整合多机构力量的合适机制。尚未举行保释听证的被告将于10月22日在里奇兰县法院由法官 Heath Taylor 主持听证。
South Carolina Grand Jury Indicts 25 People on 129 Charges in 'Duffle Bag Boyz' Drug and Dogfighting Ring
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced on October 21 that the State Grand Jury has indicted 25 defendants on 129 charges in a takedown of a drug trafficking network based mainly in Chester and Lancaster counties, in an operation dubbed "Duffle Bag Boyz." The organization is accused of trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and marijuana in the state's central region; some defendants are also tied to dogfighting, and five are inmates of the state Department of Corrections.
The roughly 18-month investigation was led by the State Grand Jury with the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED), the Chester and Lancaster county sheriff's offices, Homeland Security Investigations, the Lancaster Police Department and the FBI. Before the October 20 roundup, investigators had seized 2.62 pounds of fentanyl, 6.88 pounds of methamphetamine, 1.21 pounds of cocaine, 4.5 ounces of crack cocaine, 2.5 pounds of marijuana, more than 30 firearms and over 10,000 pressed fentanyl pills, and recovered 47 dogs. The roundup itself netted more than four additional pounds of suspected fentanyl and more guns, with lab analysis pending.
Wilson said illegal drugs plague communities large and small across the state and that the State Grand Jury is the right mechanism for combining multi-agency resources. Defendants who have not yet had bond hearings are scheduled to appear on October 22 in Richland County court before Judge Heath Taylor.
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