LUBBOCK, Texas, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following press release:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Two Anchorage men were sentenced over the past two months to decades in prison for their roles in a local drug trafficking conspiracy.
According to court documents, from March 2024 to March 2025, Aaron Washington, 60, led a drug trafficking organization involving James Barber, 44, and multiple other people who conspired to import drugs, mainly fentanyl, from the Lower 48 and distribute the drugs in Alaska.
Washington used co-conspirator drug suppliers located in Arizona and Washington state. Washington arranged for the drugs to be transported back to Alaska either in his chec...