Port Arthur man sentenced for meth dealing in Louisiana – Port Arthur News

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana. — A Port Arthur man was sentenced to 5 years in jail, prosecutors mentioned, for his position in a drug dealing working pushing methamphetamine and fentanyl.

United States Lawyer Brandon B. Brown introduced the consequence following Chief U.S. District Decide S. Maurice Hicks Jr.’s sentencing this week.

In accordance with Brown, officers with the New Iberia Police Division in Louisiana stopped a automobile being pushed by Lionel Hill Jr. on Might 6, for a visitors violation.

Hill, of Port Arthur, consented to a search of his individual, and officers positioned 50.6 grams of a substance containing fentanyl and 28.7 grams of a substance containing methamphetamine, police mentioned.

In accordance with Brown, Hill admitted he possessed the narcotics with the intent to distribute them. Lab stories confirmed the substance contained a detectable quantity of fentanyl.

Hill pleaded responsible Oct. 21 to possession with intent to distribute over 40 grams or extra of a mix or substance containing a detectable quantity of a Schedule II narcotic managed substance.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and New Iberia Police Division investigated the case, which was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Lawyer Daniel J. Vermaelen.