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Two Columbia, Missouri Men Sentenced for Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy
APR 30 - 
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) -  Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Columbia, Mo., men were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy.
Arthur Lee Rainey, Jr. , 25, and
 Thomas Cortez Stevens , 25, both of Columbia, were each sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole in separate appearances this afternoon before U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey. The court also ordered
 Rainey  and
 Stevens  to forfeit to the government $33,732 that was seized by law enforcement officers at the time of their arrest.
Both
 Rainey  and
 Stevens  pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, ecstasy and methamphetamine in Boone County, Mo.
On April 2, 2008, officers searched the residence shared by
 Rainey  and
 Stevens.  Officers discovered marijuana, 1,763 tablets of ecstasy, 664 grams of cocaine, 176 grams of crack cocaine, $33,779, a loaded 12-gauge shotgun, pistol, rifle and ammunition.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Lynn. It was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Columbia, Mo., Police Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol.