CT man gets 15 years for ties to narcotics operation involving drugs brought from California

A Bridgeport man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of charges tied to a drug trafficking operation involving Mexican-sourced narcotics brought from California to Connecticut.

Wallace Best, also known as “Coop,” 57, faced sentencing Monday in federal court in New Haven, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut. The prison term will be followed by 10 years of supervised release, federal officials said.

Best’s...