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The second suspect arrested in a crackdown of a local drug trafficking ring has been arraigned.
24-year-old Shawn Maurice Bell of Hancock is facing three counts of Delivery/Manufacture of Heroin, all 20 year felonies; and two counts of Delivery/Manufacture of Morphine, seven year felonies.
Bell was arrested in Sault St. Marie last week while trying to take a bus to Detroit.
He was arraigned Friday and lodged in the Houghton County Jail on a $250,000 cash bond.
A preliminary exam is scheduled for March 1st at 10:00am.
The investigation by the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team had previously led to the arrest of 24-year-old Charles Lester Knuckles of South Range.
Knuckles was also charged with five felony drug counts and will have his prelim on February 24th.
