WASHINGTON – A year-long investigation concluded with one busy morning for federal and local investigators in Maryland who swept multiple neighborhoods and made 18 arrests to shut down active drug rings.
The calls started coming in more than a year ago from the Bel Pre neighborhood where Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger says his officers frequently are called to for violence.
“We’ve seen, over the past year, shootings and other violent crimes that I believe have a link back to this group,” Manger said in a press conference
So instead of making a few arrests, working with the FBI and a number of local jurisdictions, they took down two alleged drug dealers named George Gee operating out of Bel Pre and Anthony Niles operating out of Prince George’s County. Investigators say the two were sharing a supply and had daily clients.
U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein charged Gee, Niles and 16 of their associates with federal charges. Each faces a mandatory minimum of 10-years in prison. But most importantly, Rosenstein says, they are off the streets.
“The challenge for our local officials is to try to hold that ground and make sure that no body else comes to replace the offenders that are removed from the community,”
