WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A 32-year-old man was sentenced in D.C. on Friday after investigators discovered he was the supplier for more than 8 kilograms of fentanyl being sent from California.
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Albert Rios, of D.C. and California, was discovered after packages containing drugs were intercepted, leading investigators to hone in on who was supplying them.
On Dec. 13, 2022, two packages were shipped from a FedEx facility in Monterrey Park, California, address to a “Martes Benito,” on Congress Street, SE. After FedEx deemed the package suspicious, the DEA found around 700 grams of fentanyl pills and 200 grams of cocaine from one.
Four days later, another package was intercepted, and law enforcement obtained a warrant to find a kilogram of fentanyl pills…