Philip Drake Kneeland was sentenced Friday to serve 70 months in a federal prison for distributing spice, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of spice trafficking. This was Alaska’s first federal felony spice trafficking case.
In addition to his prison sentence, Kneeland was also ordered to forfeit to the United States over $75,000, a 2014 GMC truck, and four firearms.
The U.S. Attorney’s office Friday announced that the removal of Kneeland from the Kenai area made huge effect on the drug trafficking in the area.
US Attorney Office Public Affairs Officer Chloe D. Martin: “What is also significant is that at today’s sentencing hearing, the court heard testimony that the spice epidemic on the Kenai Peninsula has essentially disappeared since Kneeland’s arrest.”
Kneeland was doing business in the area as Tobacco Distress.
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