The investigation has revealed widespread cocaine, marijuana and heroin trafficking centered in Carbondale. A Deputy Attorney General is prosecuting. Six additional suspects were charged with cocaine trafficking in Wayne and Monroe counties during 1998. This investigation, conducted by BNI and the Wayne County Drug Task Force, and involving the use of two statewide investigating grand juries, has resulted in the arrests of 18 suspects. Two of the six defendants arrested in 1998 have entered guilty pleas and have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms in Wayne County Court.
Drugs are no longer a product of the inner city.
Law enforcement needs to be vigilant to keep drugs off the streets of our smaller communities.