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A highly organized gang with national connections has operated for at least six years in the heart of Columbia, using violence and robbery while hawking its destructive product -- crack cocaine. Meet the Gangsta Killer Bloods.
South Carolina for years has been a "consumer state" when it comes to illegal drugs, according to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. This year, things are different.
James Matthew Quattlebaum was sure he was finished. The Indiana transplant sat in his car at the side of a Lexington County road, stopped for a traffic violation. On the seat, wrapped in tinfoil, was methamphetamine. On the floorboard were boxes of Sudafed. In the trunk, cans of ether.