PAPD arrests band of drug traffickers

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The Port Arthur Police Department's Narcotics and Gun Unit conducted an investigation on a drug trafficking organization within the city that resulted in the arrests of five traffickers.

PAPD, with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration, discovered that the drug traffickers had established a base of operation at the location of 2147 Wignal Ave. PAPD SWAT executed a search warrant at the Wignal location and recovered approximately 13 pounds of synthetic cannabinoids.


The below listed suspects pled guilty in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Beaumont Division) for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess a synthetic cannabinoid known as AMB-FUBINACA.


Christopher Dwayne Reed Jr was sentenced to 87 months,


Kenneth James Keller, 37, was sentenced to 110 months,


Shashira Auronica Cotton, 33, was sentenced to 46 months,


Brandon Jermaine Brown, 27, was sentenced to 57 months

and

Sherrod Drew Callahan, 38, was sentenced to 110 months,

 while Gabriel Wilson Taylor, 39, remains a fugitive from justice.