On June 17, 2024, United States District Court Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock sentenced Zeshan Malik Fayyaz and Lener Daneski Jairon-Solis, each to 70 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl.
Documents filed with the court established that on October 8, 2022, a cooperating source, along with a Mobile County Sheriff’s deputy acting in an undercover capacity, agreed to meet the two defendants in Mobile County to purchase two kilograms of fentanyl for $38,000 per kilogram.
When the men arrived at the meet location, Jairon-Solis got out of the vehicle, went into the back seat of the vehicle, opened a suitcase and removed two kilograms of fentanyl in exchange for the cash. Law enforcement had arranged for the cash to appear to contain $76,000 by putting $100 bills on the outside and mostly $1 bills on the inside, but in fact, it was less than $10,000. Â
During the operation, law enforcement observed what appeared to be more drugs in the suitcase. The vehicle was followed from the location and later stopped by law enforcement, and officers recovered an additional three kilograms of fentanyl from the vehicle as well as the undercover buy money. The defendants were planning to deliver the additional three kilograms to Pensacola, Florida. Â
United States Attorney Sean P. Costello commended the investigators for their hard work and dedication in removing five kilograms of the deadly drug fentanyl from the community.
Costello added that two milligrams of fentanyl are considered a lethal dose, and thus, this seizure surely saved many lives, given the fentanyl overdose epidemic facing the nation.Â
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