Feds Bust Ecstasy Ring Linked To Bay Area Rap Label

April 24, 2012 11:39 PM

Ecstasy pills. (Sean Garnsworthy/Getty Images)

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VALLEJO (CBS / AP) — Several rappers connected to a Bay Area music label are being charged with taking part in a nationwide Ecstasy ring.

Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that investigators had seized 45,000 Ecstasy pills along with crack cocaine and heroin tied to the Vallejo-based drug trafficking operation.

The Contra Costa Times reports that many of the suspects are associated with Thizz Entertainment, a popular label on the Bay Area’s rap scene. “Thizz” is slang for the feeling of being high on Ecstasy.

KCBS’ Doug Sovern Reports:

Feds Bust Ecstasy Ring Linked To Bay Area Rap Label

U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner said 25 suspects from various California cities as well as New York and Oklahoma City were arrested Thursday.

Prosecutors say federal agents uncovered a Vallejo-based distribution operation that trafficked in Ecstasy, cocaine, heroin, Oxycodone and marijuana.

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