ATLANTA, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Atlanta Field Office issued the following press release:
ATHENS, Ga. - A Southwest Georgia man was sentenced to serve 14 years in federal prison today for distributing synthetic drugs from China, while his father, incarcerated at a state transitional center during the crime, received more than 17 years in prison last month for his role in the organization, resulting from a Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) investigation into fentanyl and synthetic drug trafficking from China.
"Those who traffic fentanyl and other dangerous drugs from China into Southwest Georgia will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," said U.S. Attorney William R. "Will" K...