Men Arrested in Marijuana Trafficking Investigation

The following article was posted by Elyssa M. Millspaugh. It was reported and written by Ronald DeRosa.

Federal authorities are accusing two men with drug trafficking charges in connection with the illegal transportation of 315 pounds of marijuana sent to an Enfield shipping facility.

A federal grand jury returned on Thursday an indictment charging Kevin J. Dunbar, 44, of Manchester, and Oves St. Orbin Wright, 56, of Massapequa, N.Y., with marijuana trafficking offenses stemming from an investigation on May 19, according to a news release from U.S. Justice Department.

Customs and Border Patrol agents in western Texas conducted a search of a tractor-trailer and discovered approximately 315 pounds of marijuana stashed in a shipping crate, officials said in a news release. The border patrol agents contacted agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration in El Paso, TX, who determined the crate was destined for a shipping facility in Enfield, officials said.

On May 29, DEA agents in Connecticut established surveillance at the Enfield facility and saw Dunbar and Wright unpack the crate, load the contents into a van and travel to a storage facility in East Hartford. Police arrested them there, the news release said.

Dunbar and Wright were both charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana and one count of attempting to possess with the intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana, officials said.

Each charge carries a minimum prison sentence of five years and a maximum term of 40. Dunbar and Wright have been detained since their arrests on May 29.