Thirty-three alleged members of a “violent drug trafficking organization” operating in Philadelphia’s Kensington section have been indicted on charges of conspiring to distribute controlled substances and other offenses, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in an Oct. 24 statement.
The indictment, filed at the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Oct. 22, was aimed at individuals accused of being members of the Weymouth Street Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO). The defendants were charged with 41 counts in total.
From roughly January 2016 through October 2025, the group allegedly “distributed fentanyl, heroin, crack cocaine, and cocaine on the 3100 block of Weymouth Street, one of the most prolific drug blocks in the city, functioning as an open-air drug market where illegal narcotics are sold every day and at all hours,” the department said….