By:
City News Service & Eye On Inglewood Staff Writer
November 21, 2024
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An Inglewood man is set to be sentenced Thursday for his involvement in a drug trafficking operation that distributed cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and crack via darknet marketplaces, disguising the narcotics in vials hidden inside stuffed animals.
Jerrell Anderson, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and two additional federal charges in June in downtown Los Angeles, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Co-defendant Adan Sepulveda, 31, from Lancaster, was sentenced to five years in prison in April for his contribution to the operation.
In 2019, three other individuals from Lancaster were indicted for their participation in the "Drugpharmacist" drug trafficking organization, named after its alias on darknet platforms such as Wall Street Market and Dream.
Documents filed in Los Angeles federal court revealed that the defendants concealed the drugs in stuffed animals and shipped them from various post offices across Los Angeles.
In one instance, a shipment of heroin in August 2018 led to a fatal overdose in Knoxville, Tennessee, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Investigators confirmed that the organization utilized stash houses in the San Fernando Valley to package the drugs for distribution.
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