S. Jersey man charged as head of Philly-based drug ring
Eighteen people in four states have been charged in a multimillion-dollar drug and money-laundering operation based in Philadelphia, Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced Friday.
Eighteen people in four states have been charged in a multimillion-dollar drug and money-laundering operation based in Philadelphia, Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced Friday.
"These people are dangerous, drug-dealing, poison- popping people who are preying on our children, on our citizens and on our neighborhoods," said Kane. "And we won't stand for it."
Andre Wilson, 37, of Merchantville, was the group's ring leader, Kane said.
Wilson would travel to California and arrange for drugs such as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine to be transported to the Philadelphia area for distribution, Kane said.
Kane said they are working with the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Border Patrol and Mexican government to cut off the supply of drugs coming into the state.
Wilson, who has been arrested, may have laundered as much as $4 million, she said.
He was charged with 19 counts of manufacturing, delivery or possession with the intent to deliver, conspiracy and other related crimes.
The charges follow a 2-year grand jury investigation, officials said.
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