Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Offense

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Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Offense

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on July 27, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that on July 26, 2017, Taheem Mungo, 35, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possessing crack cocaine and heroin with the intent to distribute.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on Sept. 1, 2016, the New Hampshire State Police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in which Mungo was a passenger. The stop occurred on Interstate 95 around Hampton, New Hampshire. Police discovered that Mungo had an active arrest warrant out of New York, and he was arrested. Mungo then consented to a search of his luggage, which revealed approximately 172 grams of crack cocaine and approximately 10 grams of heroin.

Mungo’s sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 14, 2017.

This matter was investigated by the New Hampshire State Police and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shane B. Kelbley.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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