In Trenton, New Jersey, a man was sentenced to roughly 19 years behind bars after he was found guilty of being the leader of a drug trafficking ring. The ring was observed moving heroin in Trenton between October 2017 and October 2018. Normally, it’s fentanyl, cocaine, marijuana, or methamphetamine that turns up in these busts. However, heroin still has a stranglehold throughout the U.S and this was a sizable blow to the heroin trade in the city.
New Jersey Man Sentenced to 228 Months as Leader of Heroin Trafficking Ring
Those arrested in the October 28, 2018 raid—26 in all—were hit with nine charges related to drug trafficking. He was also charged with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. In the year that Taylor and his group sold in Trenton, New Jersey they moved roughly 1,500 bricks or 1.5 kilos, according to prosecutors.
Prior to being sentenced, Jakir Taylor (32) had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. Following his 19-year sentence, five years of supervised release awaits him.
