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Drug kingpin sentenced to life in prison after toddler found carrying narcotics-filled backpack

A court has sentenced a drug kingpin to life in prison after a three-year-old child was found in possession of a backpack filled with narcotics. A drug kingpin is a high-ranking organizer in a tra

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