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Ex-49ers running back gets 15 months in prison for drug trafficking

Former 49ers running back Derek Loville was sentenced to 15 months prison for his role in an international drug trafficking operation, according to Kristina Davis of the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Loville, 48, was reportedly a low-level middle-man in a drug distribution network that he later learned extended across the globe. The network — which included 21 others — was eventually busted and indicted in January 2016 for international drug trafficking, sports gambling and money laundering.

The ring was run by Owen Hanson, a 35-year old from Redondo Breach who set up an offshore gambling and drug trafficking empire labeled ODOG Enterprise.