BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Two Bakersfield men are facing federal drug trafficking charges in Massachusetts after investigators uncovered what prosecutors describe as a multi-state operation tied to drug cartels in Mexico and Colombia.
Authorities say Theodore Richards III led the organization while Demond Hayden served as a distributor.
Court documents allege coded messages referred to “girls” as kilograms of cocaine and “boys” as kilograms of fentanyl.
Prosecutors say the network operated across several states with one shipment alone valued at more than $1 million.
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