Akron Drug Ring Crushed: 8 Kilos & a Pile of Cash

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Akron’s streets just got a little less flooded. Erin House, 53, Ishmael Wahid, 52, and Roy Wimberly, 50, are staring down the barrel of federal time after a months-long investigation exposed a Northeast Ohio drug pipeline. The bust went down after a routine traffic stop on I-71 in Medina County on November 17th, revealing a sophisticated operation pushing serious quantities of meth, fentanyl, and cocaine.

It started with Erin House. Driving a Peterbilt truck registered to House Brothers Trucking, he was pulled over and a search turned up a hidden compartment crammed with 8 kilos of cocaine and $144,000 in cold, hard cash. That was just the tip of the iceberg. Investigators quickly zeroed in on Ishmael Wahid, linking him as the source supplying House, who in turn fed Roy Wimberly for street-level distribution.

A search of a storage unit rented by Wahid yielded a monstrous haul: 25 kilos of meth, a kilo of coke, and 5 kilos of fentanyl. Not content with that, a second traffic stop nabbed Wahid with *more* drugs and another $84,000 in cash. Wimberly’s place wasn’t much cleaner. Agents raiding his home found 2 kilos of meth, a mountain of fentanyl pills, and a collection of firearms that bordered on a small arsenal.

All three face conspiracy to distribute charges. House also faces a direct cocaine distribution charge. Wahid, a repeat offender with convictions dating back to 1996, is facing additional counts for possessing meth and fentanyl with intent to distribute, heroin possession, and being a convicted felon illegally in possession of firearms. These aren’t small-time players, and the feds are sending a clear message.