CONCORD, N.H. — A Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday for his role in a Massachusetts-based drug trafficking ring that funneled fentanyl and cocaine into New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane Young said.
Osvaldo Soto Jimenez, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Samantha Elliott to 46 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release, Young said.
Soto Jimenez pleaded guilty in August to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
He is the eighth of 21 people charged in the drug trafficking organization to be sentenced.
“As the manager of the dispatch operation that arranged the purchases and deliveries of fentanyl and cocaine, the defendant enabled this organization to traffic dangerous narcotics from Massachusetts and into our communities,” said Young. “The defendant will now face the consequences of his criminal conduct by serving 46 months in federal prison. Other drug traffickers should be on notice that they will face the same consequences if they dare to traffic poison into our communities.”
“Osvaldo Soto Jimenez took part in a conspiracy led by his father that saw vast amounts of deadly fentanyl and cocaine brought here to Manchester, with no regard for the harm he caused in this community,” Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Division, said in a statement. “Today’s sentence is a win for the FBI and all our partners as we work together to get dangerous drugs and criminals off the street.”
“Fentanyl and cocaine are causing tremendous damage to our communities in New Hampshire,” Acting Special Agent in Charge Stephen Belleau, New England Field Division, said in a statement. “Those who distribute these drugs are endangering the safety of the citizens of the Granite State. The DEA will continue to work each day alongside our law enforcement partners to identify and investigate those who are responsible for distributing deadly drugs.”
Soto Jimenez was part of a Massachusetts-based drug trafficking organization that was “distributing significant quantities of fentanyl and cocaine in New Hampshire, primarily in Manchester,” authorities said.
The organization used a dispatch operation to sell drugs. Customers called a phone line to buy narcotics, where they would speak to Soto Jimenez. He would then send a runner to conduct the drug sale at an arranged meeting location.
Soto Jimenez arranged runners to conduct these drug sales on three occasions and personally delivered drugs himself on two other occasions, Young said.
A search of his shared Massachusetts-based home yielded approximately $15,000 and drug ledgers in his bedroom, and firearms in a common area, Young said. A search of a vehicle used by Soto Jimenez yielded roughly 94 grams of fentanyl and 196 grams of crack cocaine packaged in small baggies for distribution.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration led the investigation, with assistance from Manchester Police.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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