Spartanburg, S.C. – Officials from the U.S. Department of justice have announced that the last person involved in a drug trafficking ring in upstate south carolina has been sentenced to almost 20 years in federal prison.
Court records show that on february 22, 2023, deputies in spartanburg county stopped 54-year-old jeffrey michael wilson from commerce, georgia, during a traffic stop. They discovered over 5,800 grams of methamphetamine and a loaded semi-automatic pistol with 19 bullets in his vehicle.
Further investigations revealed that wilson was responsible for trafficking over 89 kilograms of meth.
As a result, he was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release. He was also ordered to forfeit $311,000 as part of the punishment for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of meth. This isn’t wilson’s first conviction—he had previously served time in federal prison for similar crimes.
Three other individuals connected to the drug trafficking operation were sentenced in october for similar charges.