A Revere man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for cocaine-related offences.
Francisco Restrepo Mesa, 55, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 68 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release.
In April 2024, Restrepo pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, one count of possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
In March 2023, a co-conspirator retrieved two kilograms of cocaine from Restrepo inside a Revere apartment he maintained as a drug stash location.
A search was executed at Restrepo’s stash apartment, yielding 15.5 kilograms of cocaine and $190,750.
Following his arrest, Restrepo told his wife, during recorded jail calls, that authorities had missed some of the drugs during their search. A second search warrant was executed at the Revere stash apartment, and an additional 1.6 kilograms of cocaine was recovered from a hidden compartment inside the bathroom wall.
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