Article: LEADERS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING RING TARGETED BY OPERATION SODA POP HIT WITH SENTENCES OF 10 YEARS AND MORE

The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Kansas City Field Office issued the following press release:

Leaders of a Kansas City, Kan., drug ring targeted by a federal drug enforcement investigation called Operation Soda Pop are drawing sentences of 10 years or more in prison.

"The government has seized more than $1.8 million in cash and property from the members of this far-reaching conspiracy to flood the market in the Kansas City metropolitan area with marijuana and cocaine from Mexico," said U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren. "This was a carefully planned and executed criminal enterprise in which the conspirators tried to disguise their conduct behind seemingly legitimate ...

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