RALEIGH — A federal jury convicted a Raleigh man on nine counts related to fentanyl trafficking and five counts of possessing firearms following a three-day trial, according to federal prosecutors.
Isiah Naaquan Weeks was convicted for his role in a drug-trafficking operation that prosecutors said moved hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills from California and Arizona into eastern North Carolina.
“This thug had a long history of pushing venomous poison and despite being locked up in the past, he immediately went back to his dirty work, orchestrating a violent drug-peddling enterprise from right here in Raleigh, pumping our community full of deadly fentanyl, all while using illegal guns,” U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle said. “Working with a collaboration of men and women from local, state and federal law enforcement, we dismantled his operation, seized his poison and guns and removed him off our streets. This verdict delivers a clear message: Drugs destroy lives, and prison awaits — choose the right path.”…