Following a federal investigation by ICE and the DEA, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that a man from Prince George’s County had been sentenced to 10 years in prison and four years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
According to the news release issued on Tuesday, July 1, Amos Oluremi Nureni, 43, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
According to acting Special Agent in Charge Evan Campanella of ICE Homeland Security Investigations Baltimore, “This sentence sends a clear message: Those who traffic fentanyl, a deadly drug fueling our nation’s overdose crisis, will be held accountable.” Every day in Maryland, we witness the terrible effects of fentanyl on our neighborhoods. HSI will keep pursuing and taking down the criminal networks that are bringing this poison into our communities through our close collaborations with the DEA and the U.S. attorney’s office. That dedication directly led to Amos Oluremi Nureni’s imprisonment.
The DEA and HSI started looking into Nureni in September 2023 in relation to possible fentanyl trafficking. In two controlled purchases made by law enforcement during the investigation, Nureni sold between 400 and 500 tablets to an undercover investigator.
The blue pills had an M30 stamp, which was similar to the markings on genuine tablets made by a company that produces oxycodone hydrochloride. Laboratory analysis verified that fentanyl was present in the blue M30 tablets. In all, Nureni sold the undercover agent about 866 fentanyl pills or about 100 grams of a fentanyl-containing combination and substance.
On March 27, 2024, police carried out a search warrant at Nureni’s home in Laurel. In Nureni’s safe, police discovered a silver Taurus revolver with an erased number and a bag containing roughly 10.48 grams (98 tablets) of a combination and substance containing fentanyl. Six rounds of 9mm ammunition were in the magazine and a 9mm bullet was in the chamber of the weapon.
Law enforcement also discovered a digital scale with white powder residue, a small silver hydraulic press, a large silver and red hydraulic press, and multiple bags in Nureni’s home that contained roughly 6.44 grams (61 pills) of fentanyl, roughly 6.25 grams of cocaine base, roughly 0.859 grams of cocaine, roughly 3.04 grams of cocaine, roughly 3.02 grams of methamphetamine, and roughly 1.478 grams of dipentylone.
The sentencing was announced by DEA Washington Special Agent in Charge Ibrar A. Mian and Campanella, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Kelly O. Hayes.
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