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Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Offense

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire

          CONCORD, N.H. – Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that on July 26, 2017, Taheem Mungo, 35, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possessing crack cocaine and heroin with the intent to distribute.

 

          According to court documents and statements made in court, on September 1, 2016, the New Hampshire State Police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in which Mungo was a passenger. The stop occurred on Interstate 95 around Hampton, New Hampshire. Police discovered that Mungo had an active arrest warrant out of New York, and he was arrested. Mungo then consented to a search of his luggage, which revealed approximately 172 grams of crack cocaine and approximately 10 grams of heroin.

 

          Mungo’s sentencing is scheduled for November 14, 2017.

 

          This matter was investigated by the New Hampshire State Police and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shane B. Kelbley.

 

 

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Updated July 27, 2017

Topic
Drug Trafficking