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Posted: 2019-02-27T17:26:35Z | Updated: 2019-02-27T19:58:38Z

A man whose picture went viral for buying $540 worth of Girl Scout cookies so the young girls selling them wouldnt have to stand in the cold has been arrested on federal drug charges.

Detric Fat McGowan, 46, was arrested in South Carolina on Tuesday by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on charges related to selling and distribution of heroin, cocaine and fentanyl, according to court documents. The arrest was first reported by local station WSPA.

McGowan was part of what U.S. Attorney Sherri Lydon called a wide-ranging conspiracy with several others to smuggle more than $1 million cash from South Carolina outside the U.S. to pay for drugs. McGowan faces a maximum of life imprisonment if convicted.