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Drug sting uncovers cocaine mailed to NEPA

(WBRE/WYOU) — Two men have been charged after a group allegedly used the United States Postal Service to traffic drugs from Puerto Rico to northeastern Pennsylvania.

After an investigation by the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, Roberto Ivan Mesa Benitez, 26, listed as homeless, and Romulo Ivan Cepeda Benitez, 43, of Wilkes-Barre, were charged after agents say they found the two recovering cocaine mailed from Puerto Rico and transporting it between Luzerne and Lackawanna counties.

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FBI arrests 'Most Wanted Fugitive' from Pa.

(WBRE/WYOU) — The FBI announced a fugitive from Pennsylvania who was on their most wanted list has been arrested.

On March 8, the FBI said they arrested Justin Smith after he was discovered in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Police say Smith was wanted for his involvement in the murder of his pregnant 21-year-old girlfriend, who disappeared in March 2021, and whose body was found in April 2021.

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