A West Point man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for drug trafficking charges.
After previously pleading guilty to the distribution of methamphetamine, 36-year-old Quishaun Bennett was ordered to serve the decade-long stint in prison by Senior District Court Judge Michael P. Mills. In addition to the 10-year sentence, Bennett will spend a three-year term of supervised release.
“Those individuals who choose to sell illicit drugs like methamphetamine in our communities need to know that we will not only prosecute them for their illegal acts, but we will also seek significant sentences to remove them from the drug trade and from the communities that they are irreparably harming,” U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner said.
The DEA and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics investigated the case as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force in partnership with local law enforcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Clyde McGee prosecuted the case.
“Illicit drugs have no place on Mississippi streets,” Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell said. “Our thanks go out to all involved for their dedication to investigating, prosecuting, and sentencing these cases appropriately, sending a clear message that drug trafficking has no place in our state.”
