Image: Department of Justice (D.O.J.)   COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– According to the DOJ, a Sumter man was sentenced to prison after a multi-state drug trafficking investigation. Evidence presented in court showed that on July 28, 2020, Seneca Moore sold 112 grams of methamphetamine to FBI agents during an undercover operation. Agents say the initial meeting took place at Moore’s trucking business in Mayesville, but he left the location and texted the buyer to meet him in the parking lot of a local gas station where he sold 112 grams of meth with 99 percent purity to the FBI agent. Further information presented in court revealed that April 28, 2021, Moore conducted a second drug transaction at his trucking business. Law enforcement became aware of the transaction after the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the FBI received information that a drug courier was headed to Sumter County from Alamance, N.C. to purchase a large amount of cocaine from Moore at his trucking business, says the DOJ. The Alamance County Sheriff’s Office performed a traffic stop on the vehicle and searched the vehicle after a narcotics K-9 alerted to the presence of drugs. Officers found 16.04 kilograms of cocaine in the trunk of the vehicle, say officials. Moore was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison which is to be followed by a five-year term of court-ordered supervision after pleading guilty to distribution of methamphetamine. As a condition of Moore’s guilty plea, he was required to forfeit his interest in 9 properties, 31 items of personal property, including vehicles, and his business inventory. He has a prior federal conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Categories: Local News Tags: South Carolina Department of Justice