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Grandma, mom, daughter arrested for meth
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Navajo Nation police arrested a grandmother, mother and daughter for dealing methamphetamine in the small community of Dilkon, Arizona.
Effie Nezzie, 81, her daughter Marjorie Conley, 63, and her granddaughter, Frederica "Bubba" Conley, 39, were taken into custody on a federal arrest warrant.
They are accused of dealing meth from their home.
Navajo Nation officials expressed shock at the arrests. Nezzie is said to be a Navajo hand trembler.
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