Cleveland man sentenced for shipping nearly 5 pounds of fentanyl pills across country into Northeast Ohio

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A Cleveland man acquired his jail sentence after pleading responsible to transferring almost 5 kilos of fentanyl drugs from throughout the nation into Northeast Ohio.

A Postal Inspector with the US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) discovered the approximate 4.85-pound bundle on Might 10, based on a U.S. Division of Justice (DOJ) press launch.

Officers confirmed the suspicious bundle, supposed to be despatched to a house in Cleveland, initially got here from Phoenix, Arizona.

The USPIS, together with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), discovered the fentanyl drugs contained in the bundle after executing a search warrant.

Officers stated an investigation revealed a 35-year-old man, recognized as Larrie Campbell, mailed the bundle from a Phoenix-based publish workplace previous to touring to Cleveland to retrieve the drugs.

Campbell pleaded responsible to costs of interstate journey in help of racketeering and tried possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute in July.

Presiding U.S. District Choose John R. Adams on Nov. 16 sentenced Campbell to 151 months, greater than 12 1/2 years in jail.

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