A major fentanyl ring in central Indiana was busted this week.
Sixteen people were arrested Thursday while three people are still on the run, says United States Attorney Zach Myers. He represents the Southern District of Indiana.
“Today, we’re announcing that 19 individuals have been charged across these four federal indictments,” says Myers. A few people are still on the run says Myers, but the drug bust was an overall success.
Across Indianapolis, Muncie, and Anderson, over 72 pounds of fentanyl were recovered, which were in the form of about 320,000 counterfeit pills. Over 117 pounds of meth and over 450 pounds of weed were recovered, along with 113 guns. Among those guns, 60 had Glock-switch conversions, which make them illegal machine guns.
Detectives also recovered over 500-thousand-dollars in cash.
Zach Myers says the whole point of holding a big news conference, like the one held Friday, is to let criminals know that federal and local authorities are always on the move.
This investigation took one year to complete.
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This makes my heart happy. The more of these people that get arrested and off the street the more people will live. So many people are dying for these low life’s to make money.
When a person(s) are caught with Fentanyl, it should be automatic life in prison. Who knows how many people have died, (murdered), by these animals lacing drugs with it. Yes, people shouldn’t be buying street drugs to begin with but, they are making pills that look like the authentic Rx. They also cut heroine, cocaine and other drugs with it. The the user unknowingly uses it and OD’s and a lot of them die. Someone a few years ago put fentanyl in some pot in Chicago. That claimed the live of a few that were passing around a joint. Sick people if you ask me. Lock them up and bury them under the prison.
Yeah these people suck….so do the so called legitimate…doctors…pharm companies…pharmacies…who helped set this opiate addiction into motion….wonder how many of them are In jail?
Now, lets execute these people for killing people with drugs, ruining familys and creating pure hell for people.
If you’re buying drugs from an undocumented pharmacist (criminal dealer) you should expect them to sell you something that is not what they said it is.
We need to do everything we can to break the dealers, their enablers and their networks (good job on this one guys) but there is plenty of blame left to go around to the users that make them profitable.
My son died October 22, 2022 from an acute fentenol overdose! He was 36 years old with 2 children. So I know first hand what this drug is doing to our children! I hope any and all that are involved in manufacture and distribution of this lethal drug are put in prison for life where they can never get out! I don’t want to hear about how rehabilitated they are in 20 yrs. The parents, husdands, wives and children of the people they killed with this drug can ever be rehabilitated or get over the pain and suffering they caused! May the all rot in hell!
My son had just turned 23 and a dealer told my son it was the wrong drug after he took it and my son od and the dealer is still walking the streets