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Dugs Sized in Chicago-to-Duluth

Fentanyl Trafficking Scheme

(Department of Justice)

DULUTH, Min. & ST. PAUL, Min. – A federal jury found defendant Carl Maurice Brown 32, guilty of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson.

Brown was part of what the federal government called a “Massive Chicago-to-Duluth Fentanyl Trafficking Scheme”.

The Department of Justice says from December 2021 to February 2024, defendant Ezell Lucas, a/k/a “Cash,” managed a large-scale drug distribution operation (the “Lucas drug trafficking organization” or the “Lucas DTO”) based in Chicago that transported mass quantities of fentanyl to Duluth for sale to drug customers in the Twin Ports region.

They alleged Lu

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