Monday, January 25, 2021

Illegal Alien sentenced for drug trafficking

 CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Hashim Hussein, a citizen of Kuwait, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day of incarceration for selling cocaine near West Virginia University, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Hussein, also known as “Kuwait,” age 22, pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of Cocaine Hydrochloride within 1000 Feet of Protected Location” in August 2020. Hussein admitted to selling cocaine hydrochloride, also known as “Coke,” in December 2019 near the campus of West Virginia University in Monongalia County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The FBI and Mon Metro Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

U.S. District Judge Thomas S Kleeh presided.

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