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22 face charges related to heroin ring

Distributed heroin across the Peninsula.


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Date published: 12/10/2009

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - Federal authorities have charged 22 people with participating in a drug ring that distributed hundreds of grams of heroin across the Peninsula.

U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride and FBI special agent Alex J. Turner announced Thursday's arrests after court documents were unsealed.

All 22 defendants are charged with conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. The maximum penalty if convicted is 40 years in prison.

According to court records, several fatal overdoses over the past two years were attributed to heroin distributed by the drug ring.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Date published: 12/10/2009

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