Virginia man pleads guilty to armed trafficking of ‘hundreds of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills’ and possession of ‘ghost gun’

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia man pleaded responsible Tuesday, June 7 to conspiracy to distribute counterfeit prescription drugs containing fentanyl and possessing a firearm throughout drug trafficking.

In keeping with court docket paperwork, 26-year-old Justice Edward Ansah, of Manassas, conspired with others to distribute counterfeit, pressed drugs laced with fentanyl from round Could 2020 by December 2021.

Through the timeframe, the discharge by the Division of Justice (DOJ) mentioned Ansah offered lots of of hundreds of the laced drugs to folks in northern Virginia.

When he was arrested in December 2021, the DOJ mentioned Ansah was carrying a 9mm “ghost gun” – a privately manufactured firearm with no serial quantity or another distinctive identifiers.

Court docket information state that when officers searched Ansah’s two Manassas houses, they discovered greater than 6,700 grams of fentanyl, greater than 1450 grams of cocaine, and tens of hundreds of grams of marijuana and THC merchandise. As well as, the search found two extra “ghost weapons,” two pistols, one rifle, varied ammunition and greater than $28,000 in money.

Ansah had beforehand been convicted of a felony offense in Virginia and was prohibited from possessing firearms on the time of this offense.

Ansah is scheduled to be sentenced on September 14, and faces a minimal penalty of 15 years in jail.