It was a massive operation, the Department of Justice in East Texas says, and the latest case of drones being used to airlift drugs, weapons and other contraband into prisons in the state. An 11-count indictment, announced in a DOJ press release Friday, includes 42 defendants, though around half of...
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An 11-count indictment, announced in a DOJ press release Friday, includes 42 defendants, though around half of the names are redacted in a superseding indictment filed late last month., a 35-year-old man from Dallas. Wright, who appeared in federal court this week, is accused of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute synthetic marijuana.
The indictment is sealed, but the DOJ release said the defendants used “drones and mail to smuggle drugs and contraband such as cellular phones into prisons in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.” As part of the operation, the feds allege, heroin, synthetic marijuana and methamphetamines were smuggled into Texas prisons.
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