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Investigators discovered that the Sledge ring targeted areas with fewer law enforcement resources where they sold drugs at a premium price, according to prosecutors.

(Fargo, ND) -- Two Detroit men are facing sentencing after being found guilty of involvement in a drug trafficking organization that targeted three North Dakota reservations. Baquan Sledge and Darius Sledge are known by various aliases and were both convicted on continuing criminal enterprise, several counts of drug possession and distribution, and maintaining a drug-involved

After a 12-day trial, a federal jury in Fargo today (Fri) found two Detroit men guilty for their leadership in...

(Fargo, ND) -- A jury convicted two men on multiple counts for their leadership in a drug trafficking organization, which targeted three North Dakota Native American Reservations. A multi-agency investigation led by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Diversion of Drug Enforcement called "Operation Blue Prairie", found Baquan Sledge, Darius Sledge, and multiple co-conspirators

FARGO - After a 12-day trial, a federal jury in Fargo found two Detroit men guilty for their leadership in a drug trafficking organization targeting t...

North Dakota reservations target of Detroit opioid traffickers, feds say U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley unveils Operation Letter To Reub, which alleges 30 people shipped tens of millions of dollars worth of fentanyl and oxycodone pills to the Fort Berthold, Spirit Lake and Turtle Mountain reservations. 6:30 pm, Feb. 24, 2021 × Many more indictments are expected in cracking a drug ring that targeted North Dakota Indian Reservations. FARGO — Federal prosecutors have started t...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they have cut into an opioid pipeline that for five years has been moving millions of dollars worth of oxycodone pills from Detroit to three American...

ajohnson@minotdailynews.com A jury trial has been scheduled for Feb. 23 in U.S. District Court in Fargo before Judge Peter Welte for some defendants whom authorities allege were part of a a drug trafficking ring that distributed oxycodone on the Fort Berthold, Turtle Mountain, and Spirit Lake reservations between 2015 and 2019. The ring also reportedly had ties to Detroit, Mich. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Fargo held a press conference on Thursday to discuss developments in “Operation Blu...

"Operation Blue Prairie" led investigators to two Detroit-based brothers accused of recruiting North Dakota residents, some of them addicts, to become low-level drug dealers peddling oxycodone pills, a federal prosecutor said.

A U.S. Attorney said 26 people have been charged in a major drug pipeline bust which fueled at least $2.5 million of oxycodone pills from Detroit into American Indian reservations in North Dakota