A Salem man ran an elaborate drug trafficking organization for years that mailed thousands of pounds of marijuana-infused candy and cereals across the globe while raking in millions in cash and cryptocurrency.

Jered J. Hayward, 45, was already on probation for other federal drug trafficking charges when federal authorities searched his warehouse last September, seizing over 10,000 pounds of marijuana and psilocybin products and over $1 million in cash.

He was sentenced in Portland U.S. District Court Wednesday to 13 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to launder money and possess marijuana with the intent to distribute.

As part of his guilty plea, Hayward agreed to forfeit more than $2 million in cash and property, including two jet skis, a pontoon boat, a dozen

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