CAMDEN, N.J. – In a major blow to the region’s illicit drug trade, Glenn Long, a 28-year-old Philadelphia man, has admitted to trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced the guilty plea, which marks the latest development in an ongoing investigation.
According to court documents, Long conspired with other individuals who acted as ‘runners’ or ‘couriers’ for a drug-trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine and fentanyl. Customers would call Long to place orders for drugs, and the runners would deliver the contraband. Long admitted that on a date when law enforcement agents executed search and arrest warrants in connection with the investigation, Long’s conspirators possessed more than 2,700 grams of methamphetamine and 400 grams of fentanyl for the conspiracy.
Long participated in this conspiracy while he was a fugitive on a federal drug trafficking indictment in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to which he has since pleaded guilty. Thirteen other defendants have previously pleaded guilty as a result of the investigation.
Long faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison and a $10 million fine. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 22, 2023. U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Newark Division, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Daniel J. Kafafian, with the investigation leading to today’s guilty plea.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Drug Enforcement Administration, Philadelphia Division; U.S. Department of Homeland Security – Homeland Security Investigations; U.S. Marshals Service; FBI; Bensalem Police Department; Berlin Borough Police Department; Berlin Township Police Department; Bucks County District Attorney’s Office; Camden County Prosecutor’s Office; Clayton Police Department; Delaware County District Attorney’s Office Narcotics Task Force; Deptford Township Police Department; Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office; Gloucester Township Police Department; New Jersey State Police; New Jersey National Guard Counter Drug Task Force; Pennsylvania State Police; Pennsville Police Department; and Winslow Township Police Department assisted in the investigation.
This case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Bender of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Camden.
Related Federal Cases
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- Joseph C. Long, Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, New Jersey 2020 · New York
- Naiem Moore, Cocaine and Heroin Possession, New Jersey 2021 · New Hampshire
- Carl L. Jones, Heroin Distribution, New Jersey 2019 · Michigan
Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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