News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: August 05, 2011
Contact: Sarah Pullen, PIO
Number: 213-621-6827

Federal Drug Case Targets Members of Compton Street Gang Accused of Selling Marijuana, Prescription Drugs

AUG 05 - (LOS ANGELES) – A federal wiretap investigation into two Compton-based drug trafficking organizations resulted this week in the arrest of eight people charged with distributing marijuana and illicit prescription drugs locally and across the nation.

Two criminal complaints filed last week in United States District Court charge a total of 15 defendants with distributing narcotics, some of which were sold in Ohio and Louisiana. The cases are linked by two houses on the same block in Compton – one which was used as a meeting location for one drug ring, and one which is described in court papers as a “notoriousâ€