A South Carolina man has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl pills he manufactured in a makeshift lab inside a laundry room.
According to the court documents, in April 2022, the Fayetteville Police Department became aware of the drug distribution activities of 30-year-old Quavion Maurice Pickett. An observation of Pickett’s home in Fayetteville revealed what appeared to be multiple drug deals executed by the suspect.
When police searched Pickett’s Fayetteville home, they found a counterfeit pill-making operation in the laundry room. The room possessed a pill press, large plastic tote containers covered in light blue powder residue, multiple digital scales, multiple knotted plastic baggies containing pressed tablets, plastic baggies, a blender covered in powder residue, various full and empty bags containing different colored cutting agents, a money counter covered in powder residue, various metal hand tools, a funnel, pill press die molds, loose blue tablets, and a baggie containing yellow, white, and blue tablets, according to police.