California Cocaine Trafficking Kingpin Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

California Cocaine Trafficking Kingpin Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison
Confiscated bags containing cocaine, in this file photo. Mark Renders/Getty Images
Kimberly Hayek
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The leader of a vast drug trafficking organization in Sacramento was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison after a multi-year investigation and prosecution.

Maurice Bryant, 54, was sentenced for conspiracy to distribute and possess heroin and at least 5,000 grams of cocaine and additional cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine. Bryant is one of 15 federal defendants who were arrested in 2021 and named in a 45-count indictment.

Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.