Man arrested at CP indicted in drug ring

Friday, 22 July 2005

Compiled from staff reports

One of 32 people charged in what law enforcement officials have called the largest drug ring investigation in Michigan's history was arrested Monday at a Cedar Point hotel.

Agents with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency arrested Lavert "Vito" Dafney, 33, of Detroit, at about 6:30 a.m. Monday in his room at the Sandcastle hotel. Bryan Edwards, a Cedar Point spokesman, said no weapons or drugs were found in Dafney's room.

A federal grand jury handed down indictments against Dafney and 31 others last week, following a 16-month investigation by federal, state and local law enforcement. Each is charged with contributing to a drug trafficking organization that distributed more than 30,000 kilograms of marijuana, for which alleged ring leader Quansand Lewis collected more than $178 million in gross profits.

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