The informant in the case was a longtime cocaine dealer who cooperated with investigators after being convicted of possession of about $2 million worth of cocaine in 2003, according to court documents posted on thesmokinggun.com. The 36-year-old man is described in the documents as a onetime member of a violent drug gang first convicted in 1996 of selling cocaine and crack and being part of a conspiracy to murder a rival drug kingpin.
A key witness in the case was an individual who had previously operated as a major cocaine dealer, cooperating with law enforcement after being found guilty of possessing around $2 million worth of cocaine in 2003, as revealed in court documents on thesmokinggun.com. The 36-year-old man is described in these documents as having been a former member of a notorious narcotics gang first convicted in 1996 of selling cocaine and crack, and participating in a plot to murder a rival narcotics leader.