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Five SLCo residents indicted for drug trafficking; officials say 1 sale led to user's death

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 9, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) A 15-count indictment has been unsealed charging multiple people for their alleged roles in an organized criminal enterprise involving several drug-trafficking offenses, including the distribution of fentanyl that resulted in the death of another person.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 9, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) A 15-count indictment has been unsealed charging multiple people for their alleged roles in an organized criminal enterprise involving several drug-trafficking offenses, including the distribution of fentanyl that resulted in the death of another person.

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