Two Virginia women were handed prison sentences last week for their roles in a coast-to-coast drug trafficking ring that used a local car dealership as a front to push fentanyl and marijuana.
U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen sentenced 24-year-old Amanda Bell to five years and 10 months in federal prison, while 26-year-old Farrah Fair, known as “10K Fay,” received a sentence of two years and six months.
The pair were swept up in a massive federal investigation into Lux Auto in Newport News. According to prosecutors, the dealership served as the headquarters for a sprawling criminal enterprise where conspirators stashed illegal narcotics inside vehicles scattered across the parking lot.
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The investigation, which began in June 2021, eventually led to a 127-count indictment charging 37 different defendants in September 2023.
Court records describe Bell as a key mover for the organization. She operated as both a courier and a distributor, selling marijuana and fentanyl pills. Federal agents documented multiple controlled buys where Bell sold over 40 grams of fentanyl.
Beyond street-level sales, officials say Bell helped move the organization’s money. She frequently traveled between Virginia and California, ferrying large sums of cash to facilitate the trafficking. Her run ended in part on March 3, 2022, when law enforcement intercepted her en route to California with a suitcase stuffed with more than $35,000 intended for the marijuana trade. Bell pled guilty in April to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl.
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Fair, operating under the alias “10K Fay,” served as a mule for the ring. Prosecutors say she flew on commercial flights between suppliers in California and co-conspirators in Virginia, transporting suitcases filled with marijuana.
She pled guilty in January to using a communication facility to further drug trafficking.
The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan and FBI Special Agent in Charge Dominique Evans.
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