A 47-year-old man who was accused of getting greater than 5,000 meth drugs stashed inside a shoebox has pleaded responsible.
Saugus man George Krabey pleaded responsible in Boston federal court docket to his function in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving hundreds of counterfeit drugs containing meth and fentanyl.
Krabey had been indicted by a federal grand jury in July.
In line with the Massachusetts U.S. Lawyer’s workplace, Krabey repeatedly met with a cooperating supply and bought the supply hundreds of counterfeit drugs containing meth and fentanyl between final December and this April.
Then on April 22, Krabey was a passenger in a car stopped by legislation enforcement in Danvers. Krabey was enroute to Salisbury to allegedly promote the cooperating supply 4,000 counterfeit drugs containing meth.
Throughout a search of the car, legislation enforcement discovered a shoebox that had 5,296 drugs containing meth — with a weight of about two kilos.
Krabey on Monday pleaded responsible to: two counts of conspiracy to distribute managed substances, involving 500 grams or extra of meth; three counts of distribution of fifty grams or extra of meth; one depend of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or extra of meth; one depend of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or extra of meth; and one depend of distribution of meth and fentanyl.
U.S. District Court docket Decide Angel Kelley scheduled sentencing for March 4, 2026.
The fees of conspiracy to distribute managed substances involving 500 grams or extra of meth and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or extra of meth can result in a sentence of a minimum of 10 years and as much as life in jail, a minimum of 5 years and as much as a lifetime of supervised launch, and a advantageous of as much as $10 million.
The fees of distribution of fifty grams or extra of meth and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or extra of meth can result in a sentence of a minimum of 5 years and as much as 40 years in jail, a minimum of 4 years and as much as a lifetime of supervised launch, and a advantageous of as much as $5 million.
The cost of distribution of meth and fentanyl can result in a sentence of as much as 20 years in jail, a minimum of three years and as much as a lifetime of supervised launch, and a advantageous of $1 million.
