A Lowell man known on the streets as “Cheese” is headed to federal prison for more than a decade after a jury found him guilty of moving thousands of methamphetamine pills disguised as prescription Adderall.
Richard Nguyen, a 30-year-old associate of the Asian Boyz gang, received a 128-month sentence in a Boston federal court yesterday, marking a major milestone in a years-long crackdown on drug manufacturing in the city.
The investigation into Nguyen and the Asian Boyz gang began back in 2021, as law enforcement scrambled to get a handle on a flood of counterfeit pills hitting the streets of Lowell…