Careful with overloading the reader with information. I'd change it to:

Small-town criminals struggle with the consequences of their illegal operation while they pose as everyday citizens.

Thank you for your input (and in principal I agree with you). However, your suggestion mentions nothing of why we should care about the story or characters right now (inciting incident) or what they're up against (antagonist). Appreciate the suggestion!

Well you hint at the antagonism with the "consequences". As for the inciting incident, you could try this:

A man returns to dealing drugs with a band of small-town criminals who struggle to face the consequences of their illegal operation.

Only thing is that you'd have to drop the "posing as citizens" bit. But hey, this is just my opinion.