(AP) – Thirteen people from Missouri and Illinois face federal
charges for allegedly conspiring to distribute cocaine and other drugs in
Hannibal and elsewhere in northeast Missouri.
The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis announced the arrests Thursday, a day
after raids were conducted in Hannibal and the St. Louis area. Suspects include
six people from Hannibal, four from St. Louis, and one each from Mexico,
Missouri, Quincy, Illinois, and Swansea, Illinois.
A federal indictment accuses two men of obtaining cocaine from a source in
Austin, Texas, and using couriers, often women, to transport the drug to
Hannibal, where it was converted into crack cocaine for distribution.
The suspects also are accused of distributing heroin, and five are accused of
laundering proceeds of the conspiracy.
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