MOSS POINT — A 49-year-old Moss Point man has been convicted in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine pills across multiple states, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi.
Varrick “Big V” Davis was convicted following a five-day jury trial before Senior U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock.
According to evidence presented at trial, investigators uncovered a drug operation in which co-conspirators manufactured thousands of methamphetamine pills each week using a pill press in Lowndes County.
The pills were distributed throughout Mississippi and into Tennessee, Alabama and Arkansas. Prosecutors said Davis served as a distributor and was responsible for thousands of pills being distributed as part of the operation.
Investigators with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department and Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics dismantled the operation, seized the pill press and recovered enough methamphetamine to produce nearly 10,000 pills, according to prosecutors.
Davis is the 14th defendant to be convicted in connection with the drug conspiracy.
He will be sentenced at a later date by Aycock.
Lowndes County Sheriff Eddie Hawkins credited the cooperation among local, state and federal agencies involved in the investigation.
“This case is a great example of what can be accomplished when local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies work together toward a common goal,” Hawkins said.
The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department also assisted with the investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys John Herzog Jr. and Kaylon McCou prosecuted the case as part of the Homeland Security Task Force, a federal initiative focused on investigating and prosecuting criminal cartels, gangs and other transnational criminal organizations.
