CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Federal officials say they’ve shut down two drug trafficking operations on the city’s South Side and that a dozen people have been arrested.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Ronald Johnson, 57 of southwest suburban Darien is a large-scale supplier of a number of drugs including cocaine and marijuana.
He and four others from the city are accused together. They allegedly used an apartment in the Oakland neighborhood to stash drugs and cash. In December of last year, Johnson is alleged to have provided a woman with a duffel bag stuffed with more than $300,000 cash proceeds from drug sales.
Between that operation and one that allegedly dealt in fentanyl-laced drugs in the South Shore neighborhood, officials said they confiscated more cash, large quantities of drugs and luxury vehicles including a Bentley.
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