CNN – Suburban Philadelphia has been making headlines, but for all the wrong reasons.
A group of young men, in charge of widespread drug distribution in Pennsylvania, have been caught and charged. The group coined themselves as the “Main Line Take-Over Project”, intent on taking over the drug trade business in the Main Line area. Drugs and weapons were seized in the arrest and the individuals face a host of drug, criminal conspiracy and other charges.
The individuals involved in the case come from schools with some of the highest SAT scores in Pennsylvania. “You’re dealing with kids from one of the finest institutions probably in the country,” she said. “To take those skills and turn it into this kind of illegal enterprise is very distressing.”
Reflecting on the areas where this alleged drug scheme operated, Seth Williams, the district attorney for Philadelphia, said, “The days of, ‘It can’t happen here’ are long gone.”
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