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Daily Archives: August 25th, 2010

ecstasy pills

A woman at the center of an Asian drug-trafficking ring that smuggled millions of ecstasy pills to Philadelphia and other U.S. cities was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in prison.

Phuong Thi Tran, 39, could have faced more than 17 years under federal sentencing guidelines, but prosecutors filed a motion for “downward departure.” 

 read more  by Troy Graham for Philadelphia Inquirer