4 suspects arrested for allegedly trafficking $5M in narcotics from California to Pennsylvania

[Music] a major drug trafficking ring has been busted authorities in Bucks County say the CrossCountry criminals smuggled millions of dollars in cocaine and methamphetamin from California to Pennsylvania those drugs ended up in both bucks and Montgomery counties as well as Philadelphia it is Wednesday night sh's off Sarah Bloomquist is joining us and the big story on Action News is a larg scale drug trafficking organization busted six men are facing charges tonight for their roles in this ring action news reporter Charles Watson live now in Doylestown where authorities held a news conference a short time ago Charles yes SAR and Rick uh Bucks County the Bucks County District Attorney's Office says this was a bosu operation uh that arranged the shipment of illegal narcotics from California to our area through the United States Postal Service we're talking about millions of dollars worth of drugs that authorities say would then end up on the Streets of Philadelphia and Bucks County the business model was to deliver dangerous drugs to individuals with addiction in our community but it won't happen anymore according to Bucks County district attorney Jen sha who announced the arrest of four men from our area who authorities say trafficked at least $5 million worth of cocaine and methampetamine from California to Pennsylvania Christian Garwood khle Kemp Joseph burn and his brother Matthew burn have all been charged in the operation along with two other suspects who reside in California the drug trafficking organization would share ship pounds and roughly in each shipment approximately 25 to 30 lbs of methamphetamine and cocaine by hiding them inside of a large karaoke style Bluetooth speaker according to authorities the drugs were shipped through the mail and eventually detected by US Customs and Border Protection agents through the course of an investigation Matthew burn was identified as the alleged ring leader investigators say he would travel to California monthly to buy the narcotics and then ship them to residences in Philadelphia levit town in flow Town those shipments would be received by their counterparts in bucks in Montgomery County and would L later be prepared for distribution to individuals in our community one of the alleged destinations was the home of Joseph burn we knocked on the door but a woman Inside declined to come in is there a lawyer we could contact meantime investigators with this message to those who think they can flood the street with dangerous drugs rest assured we will continue to work vigorously to prevent them from being trafficked distributed and ultimately sold throughout our communities yeah an authorities say this investigation remains active as they work to figure out the size and reach of that alleged drug ring meantime we've reached out to lawyers for both Joseph and Matthew Burns so far no comment we're live tonight in doown Charles Watson Channel 6 Action News Rick all right Charles thank you for that report