AG: Head of Luzerne County meth trafficking ring found guilty

LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The attorney general announced the main supplier of a Luzerne County-based drug trafficking organization was found guilty by a jury.

According to Attorney General Michelle Henry after a week-long trial, the jury found 26-year-old Stanley Sabatel guilty of multiple drug charges.

After a joint investigation between multiple agencies, officials said Sabatel was discovered to be a supplier for mid-to upper-level street dealers of methamphetamine.

Sabatel and a co-conspirator were regularly supplying pounds of methamphetamine to the organization, as stated in the release.

The AG’s office said Sabatel was found guilty of the following charges;

• Conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine
• Conspiracy to possess with intent to deliver methamphetamine
• Possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine
• Conspiracy to commit robbery

Sabatel will be sentenced on November 27. His bail was revoked and he was remanded to prison.

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