Major Drug Ring Busted In Bucks, Montco: Feds

PHILADELPHIA, PA —Five members of a drug trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine and cocaine throughout numerous counties, including Bucks and Montgomery, have been charged with numerous offenses, federal authorities said.

U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced Wednesday the unsealing of a seven-count indictment charging five individuals with drug trafficking offenses for the distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine in Bensalem, Quakertown, Plymouth Township, Reading, Coopersburg, and elsewhere.

The organization used addresses obtained through associates in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to mail the drugs and then had members of the organization pick up the packages for subsequent distribution to their dealers, authorities said.

During the investigation, law enforcement seized 40 firearms, more than 100,000 rounds of ammunition, 60 pounds of methamphetamine, one kilogram of fentanyl, one kilogram of cocaine, 65 pounds of marijuana, fentanyl/heroin, 300 fentanyl pills, six pounds of mushrooms, and $15,000 in cash.

The individuals charged include Michael Sanchez, 32, of Los Angeles, California; Avrian Haywood Mack, 21, of Reading, Pennsylvania; David Matthew Yohn, 53, of Coopersburg, Pennsylvania; Aived Abel Garcia, 25, of Chula Vista, California; and Miguel Aliaga, 36, of Whitehall, Pennsylvania.

If convicted, those charged face a maximum possible sentence of life imprisonment.

It was a multi-state, multi-agency investigation that included Homeland Security, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office Drug Strike Force, Pennsylvania State Police, Montgomery County Detectives and more.