SAN ANTONIO – A man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges related to trafficking nearly 10,000 fentanyl pills and possessing a firearm in furtherance of the drug crime.
Tyrell Ezekiel Darden, 25, of San Antonio was a previously convicted felon and had two active felony arrest warrants when law enforcement tracked him down back in July 2023.
Darden was found attempting to flush dozens of blue pills down a toilet. Officers discovered he was in possession of more than 9,800 fentanyl pills. The pills were shaped to look like Oxycodone and bore the “M30” stamp commonly associated with that drug…