Federal officials said on Friday that an investigation into drug trafficking through mail was launched during the first two weeks of March 2022.
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More than two dozen suspicious packages shipped through the postal service into Connecticut led federal investigators to kilograms of cocaine, fentanyl, marijuana and hundreds of thousands’ of dollars in cash, according to officials.
In a joint statement on Friday, Acting U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Leonard C Boyle and Ketty Larco-Ward, inspector in charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Boston Division, announced an investigation into the use of the U.S. mail to ship drugs and drug sale proceeds.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Narcotics and Bulk Cash Trafficking Task Force launched an investigation during the first two weeks of March that officials said led to the seizure of more than 30 suspicious parcels shipped through the U.S. mail in Connecticut.
When investigators searched the parcels, they found about 24 kilograms of cocaine, 3.5 kilograms of fentanyl, 11 kilograms of marijuana, other drugs and $420,000 in cash, officials said.
“The Narcotics and Bulk Trafficking Task Force has been doing an extraordinary job identifying drug traffickers who use the mail, and then seizing large quantities of drugs shipped to Connecticut and cash mailed in return to drug suppliers,” Boyle said in a statement. “Our office will continue to work with investigators to secure search warrants for suspicious parcels to decrease the flow of deadly narcotics into Connecticut, and prosecute those involved.”
Federal authorities did not indicate if any arrests had been made in connection with the investigation, or whether any are expected in the near future.
Illegal drug trafficking by mail can by reported by calling the U.S. Postal Inspection Service at 1-877-876-2455.
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