Jasper Wemh, Methamphetamine Trafficking, West Virginia 2023

Jasper Wemh, 38, of Charleston, West Virginia, Pleads Guilty to Methamphetamine Trafficking

Jasper Wemh, 38, of Charleston, West Virginia, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine in connection to his role in a methamphetamine trafficking organization (DTO) that operated in the Charleston area.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Wemh admitted to conspiring with several other people to distribute methamphetamine for several months prior to December 5, 2022. He obtained methamphetamine from his supplier on consignment and often provided methamphetamine to his customers on consignment, knowing they were redistributing the methamphetamine he sold them.

Wemh further admitted to obtaining several pounds of methamphetamine from his supplier on December 3, 2022. He distributed the methamphetamine to multiple customers and paid his supplier $250,000 over time from the proceeds from distributing the supplier’s methamphetamine.

Wemh also admitted to conspiring with other people to distribute cocaine base, also known as “crack,” that he received from his supplier on occasions prior to December 3, 2022. Wemh stored quantities of methamphetamine, crack and cocaine at a Greenbrier Street residence in Charleston. Wemh admitted that he frequently obtained these drugs from a safe in the residence, and that a pistol was kept in that safe as well.

Wemh is scheduled to be sentenced on July 20, 2023 and faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years to life in prison, five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a $10 million fine.

Wemh is among 30 individuals indicted as a result of Operation Smoke and Mirrors, a major drug trafficking investigation that has yielded the largest methamphetamine seizure in West Virginia history. Law enforcement has seized over 200 pounds of methamphetamine as well as 28 pounds of cocaine, 20 pounds of fentanyl, 18 firearms and $747,000 in cash.

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