ADEL — FBI Agents, along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and local authorities, surrounded homes across Cook County early Thursday morning, taking 18 of 21 charged defendants into custody, all of which are being charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. The takedown is part of a case targeting a large drug trafficking network originating in Adel.
A total of 21 defendants are named in a newly unsealed federal indictment. The indictment also includes additional charges for each defendant, including two charges for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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