Thompson says break up of Huntington drug trafficking ring saved lives
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — U.S. Attorney for Southern West Virginia Will Thompson believes lives were saved as a result of a multi-agency investigation in...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — U.S. Attorney for Southern West Virginia Will Thompson believes lives were saved as a result of a multi-agency investigation into a drug trafficking organization that resulted in 19 federal criminal convictions.William ThompsonThompson joined other law enforcement officials at a news conference Wednesday in Huntington just after the final defendant in the case was sentenced.The seizure that took place during the investigation included 47 pounds of fentanyl, Thompson said.'Fentanyl accounts for over three-quarters of our overdoses in West Virginia,' Thompson said.