A cross-country drug pipeline that allegedly turned the U.S. mail into a narcotics delivery service has been ripped open, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced Wednesday. Prosecutors say four people are charged with running an interstate trafficking network that used the Postal Service to ship fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine into New York and other states. Investigators report recovering more than 4,000 fentanyl pills, about 1,850 grams of compressed fentanyl, roughly two kilograms of methamphetamine and nearly a kilogram of cocaine during the probe.
“This incredible bust dismantled a sophisticated drug trafficking network and seized nearly two thousand grams of fentanyl – enough to kill roughly a million people,” Donnelly said in a press release via the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. The indictments name Macayo Parrott, 51, of Glendale, Arizona; Bruce Frazier, 51, of Hempstead; Antwann Meyers, 45, of Queens; and Robert Bowie, 50, of Phoenix. Parrott was arraigned Tuesday and pleaded not guilty, and prosecutors say all four defendants have denied the charges.
How Investigators Say The Shipments Moved
According to prosecutors, the investigation began in June 2023, when packages with mismatched shipper and receiver names were traced to a mobile phone number used by Parrott. Over a roughly 32-month period, investigators say they identified more than 40 parcels allegedly sent by Parrott and more than 100 suspect packages mailed to 12 states, including 81 addressed to New York and 21 to Nassau County. Officials say intercepted calls and texts, postal tracking data and financial records, including CashApp transfers, helped link the four defendants to the shipments, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.
What Law Enforcement Recovered
When detectives executed search warrants, they say they found more than 2,000 fentanyl pills at a Queens address tied to one defendant. Searches in Arizona allegedly turned up bags of cellphones and packing materials, while another residence yielded three handguns. Intercepted parcels reportedly contained kilogram quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine along with smaller shipments of fentanyl pills, details first reported by Daily Voice.
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