A beforehand deported migrant residing within the Bay State has been arrested for allegedly conspiring to distribute tens of hundreds of fentanyl drugs and illegally reentering the U.S., in keeping with the feds.
Dominican nationwide Juan Alexis Rodriguez Garcia, 35, has been unlawfully residing in Lawrence, the Massachusetts U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace says.
Garcia — who was deported years in the past following a fentanyl distribution conviction — was lately busted with practically 65,000 fentanyl drugs, in keeping with the feds.
Garcia was initially admitted into the U.S. in 2009 as a lawful everlasting resident in Puerto Rico. Then in 2016, he was arrested in North Andover for fentanyl distribution, and he was later convicted in 2018.
He was deported that yr. Then someday after his removing, Garcia allegedly unlawfully reentered the nation.
Based on the federal charging paperwork, regulation enforcement officers on March 30 tried to conduct a managed buy of 65,000 fentanyl drugs from Garcia, who allegedly arrived on the agreed upon location for the drug deal in Lawrence. Garcia was arrested on website for immigration violations.
Throughout a search of the residence that Garcia allegedly visited proper earlier than the deliberate drug deal, officers discovered about 64,390 fentanyl drugs that had been made to appear to be pharmaceutical drugs.
The drugs had been packaged into three separate vacuum sealed plastic baggage, and located inside a big black duffel bag inside the entrance closet on the primary ground.
Garcia’s fingerprints allegedly matched two latent prints developed from the plastic baggage containing the drugs. The fentanyl drugs had a web weight of greater than 7.2 kilograms.
Garcia was charged with conspiracy to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl and illegal reentry of a deported alien.
He was arrested Tuesday morning and following an preliminary look in federal court docket in Boston, he was ordered detained.
