5 Indiana men sentenced in drug ring that brought meth and marijuana from California to Indiana

Seven individuals, together with 5 from Indiana, have realized their sentences after a wide-ranging investigation cracked a methamphetamine and marijuana ring.

In line with federal investigators, the group shipped in giant quantities of meth and marijuana from California to addresses in Muncie and Anderson. The medicine have been then resold in Muncie, Anderson, Gosport and Brazil, Indiana.

A number of members of the group possessed firearms to guard their medicine and cash, federal prosecutors mentioned. The drug operation ran from June 2019 by means of December 2019 and was damaged up after a monthslong investigation involving a number of regulation enforcement companies.

The people have been beforehand indicted on fees in 2019 and 2020. Indiana residents sentenced within the case for conspiracy to distribute managed substances have been:

• James Briscoe, 39, Muncie: 23 years in jail, 10 years supervised launch
• Damarus Web page, 40, Anderson: 10 years in jail, 5 years supervised launch    
• Bradley Clephane, 37, Gosport: 262 months (over 21 years) in jail, 5 years supervised launch
• Christopher Bays, 36, Brazil: 16.5 years in jail, 5 years supervised launch
• James Bell, 43, Muncie: 8 years in jail, 3 years supervised launch

Along with the Indiana residents, two males from California have additionally been sentenced in reference to the drug ring.

On Wednesday, a federal district choose sentenced Mikhail Mgebrow, 39, from Tarzana, California, to 10 years in jail with 5 years of supervised launch.

One other California man, Jeremi Zarco, 31, of Woodland Hills, California, has been sentenced to greater than 16 years in jail with 5 years of supervised launch.

The Drug Enforcement Administration and america Postal Inspection Service investigated the case with assist from the Muncie Police Division, the Anderson Police Division, the Terre Haute Police Division, the Clay County Sheriff’s Workplace and Indiana State Police.