Overview

• Investigation began when agents intercepted 1.5 kg of fentanyl and 850 g of cocaine concealed in a comforter package at Shantel Robinson’s Oak Lawn complex.
• Federal search warrants executed Wednesday targeted Robinson’s apartment, an Alsip storage unit and James Howard’s Frankfort residence, uncovering drug‐making equipment.
• Authorities seized more than 15 pounds of suspected fentanyl, nearly two pounds of cocaine, about 25 firearms and several Glock conversion devices.
• Robinson, 31, and Howard, 32, were arrested Thursday and charged Friday in U.S. District Court with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
• The operation was conducted under the Justice Department’s Operation Take Back America, launched in March to intensify prosecutions against drug trafficking and violent crime.