Los Angeles drug dealers shipped pounds of fentanyl to Northeast Ohio hidden in printers, feds say

U.S. Postal Service

A man is accused of accepting a package through the mail that contained fentanyl hidden inside a printer. Justine Lofton | [email protected]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Federal agents investigating drug trafficking through the mail say someone sent pounds of fentanyl from California to Northeast Ohio hidden inside printers, according to court records.

U.S. Postal Inspectors who launched an investigation into Phillip Hurt wrote in court filings that they believe drug dealers in Los Angeles mailed at least seven printers that contained bricks of fentanyl.

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