YORK COUNTY, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Javaris Latrey Johnson and Thomas Anthony Perry, both of York County, were sentenced to more than 12 years and eight years in federal prison, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.

Evidence presented to the court showed that in August 2022, a codefendant sold approximately 5,000 pills to a confidential informant.

Following the purchase and further investigation, agents focused on a property in York County which they suspected was being used to manufacture illicit fentanyl pills. On Oct. 19, 2022, agents executed a search warrant at a trailer on the property and found Johnson and Perry, and two codefendants inside the trailer.

Law enforcement immediately determined the trailer was bein

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