OAKLAND — Nearly two years after Oakland police Officer Tuan Le was gunned down while pursuing suspects in a series of armed burglaries at a marijuana grow facility, nine people are in custody and facing a slew of federal charges, prosecutors said.

Seven of the defendants — Allen Brown, Sebron Russell, Marquise Cooper, Janiero Booth, Jowaun Jones, Shawn McGee and Salvador Munguia — are charged with conspiring to distribute, possessing with intent to distribute and attempting to possess with intent to distribute more than 100 marijuana plants, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Brown and Russell are also charged with discharging and brandishing a firearm in connection with a drug-trafficking crime.

The remaining defendants — Jasmine Kumar and Felicia Sanders — are charged with ac

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