A significant methamphetamine and fentanyl supplier was sentenced to 145 months in federal prison for trafficking over 20 kilograms of drugs into Southwest Virginia. Andora Lee Smith, 62, from Whitesburg, Kentucky, had previously admitted guilt to conspiracy charges involving the distribution of substantial amounts of methamphetamine.
Smith collaborated with Eric Coffey, Daniel Hafemeister, Michael Hicks, Cody Rose, and Ashley Beverly Jr. to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in the region. Her primary operations were based at her residence in Kentucky, where she stored multiple pounds of the drugs and distributed them in ounce-plus quantities.
Additionally, Smith delivered drugs to Virginia and frequently traveled to Louisville for supplies of xylazine and fentanyl. Before her criminal activities, Smith worked as a teacher at Norton Elementary School and John I. Burton High School in Norton, Virginia.
The announcement was made by C. Todd Gilbert, United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, along with Anthony A. Spotswood from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The case was investigated by ATF alongside several law enforcement agencies including the Southwest Drug Task Force and Kentucky State Police.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lena Busscher prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.
