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Massachusetts man accused of bringing 2 pounds of fentanyl to New Hampshire

DEA officials say confidential source arranged purchase of drug

Massachusetts man accused of bringing 2 pounds of fentanyl to New Hampshire

DEA officials say confidential source arranged purchase of drug

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    OF FENTANYL COULD KILL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. ANYWHERE THAT HAS AN INTERSTATE RUNNING CLOSE TO IT COULD ABSOLUTELY BE A POTENTIAL TO HAVE A HIGH PREVALENCE OF FENTANYL TRAFFICKING IN THAT AREA. SATURDAY MORNINGS AROUND 10 A.M. OFF I-93 AT EXIT 24 IN ASHLAND. THAT’S WHERE MORE THAN A DOZEN FENTANYL DEALS TOOK PLACE OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS, ACCORDING TO COURT PAPERWORK IN HIS POSSESSION, HE HAD OVER ONE KILOGRAM OF SUSPECTED FENTANYL. 29 YEAR OLD EDDIE PERDOMO IS ACCUSED OF ARRANGING TO SELL MORE THAN 2 POUNDS OF THE DEADLY DRUG TO SOMEONE IN ASHLAND OVER THE WEEKEND. LITERALLY COULD HAVE BEEN A DEADLY DOSE TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN THIS STATE. ABSOLUTELY. THAT SOMEONE WAS WORKING WITH THE DEA AS THE CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE AFTER BEING ARRESTED A WEEK PRIOR ON A DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGE. THE SOURCE SAYS THEY MET WITH THEIR SUPPLIER MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES AND DESCRIBED THE TRANSACTIONS AS A QUICK HAND TO HAND EXCHANGE THROUGH CAR WINDOWS. INVESTIGATORS HAD THE SOURCE TEXT PERDOMO TO MEET FOR 100 STICKS. A STICK IS TEN GRAMS OF FENTANYL AND WHEN HE ARRIVED, INVESTIGATORS SAY PERDOMO WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF A CAR WITH THE DRUGS BETWEEN HIS FEET. IT’S UNCLEAR IF THE DRIVER IS FACING ANY CHARGES, BUT HE ALLEGEDLY TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE PICKED PERDOMO UP IN LAWRENCE, MASS. AND WAS TOLD HE NEEDED TO GO TO NEW HAMPSHIRE TO PICK UP A LARGE SUM OF MONEY AND FOR HAD HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE HERE YESTERDAY. AND HE’S DUE BACK IN COURT
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    Updated: 6:37 PM EDT May 2, 2023
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    Massachusetts man accused of bringing 2 pounds of fentanyl to New Hampshire

    DEA officials say confidential source arranged purchase of drug

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    Updated: 6:37 PM EDT May 2, 2023
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    A 29-year-old Massachusetts man is facing charges in New Hampshire after investigators said he was found with 2 pounds of what police suspect to be fentanyl.In court documents, investigators allege that Eddy Perdomo arranged to sell a kilogram of fentanyl to someone in Ashland over the weekend.The buyer was working with the Drug Enforcement Administration as a confidential source after being arrested a week earlier on a drug trafficking charge, officials said.The source told investigators that they met with their supplier 12 to 15 times in a parking lot off I-93 at exit 24 at about 10 a.m. on Saturdays. The transactions were described as quick, hand-to-hand exchanges through car windows. Investigators said they had their source text Perdomo to meet for 100 "sticks" of fentanyl, which is a little more than two pounds. They said Perdomo arrived as a passenger in a car that had traveled up from Lawrence, Massachusetts.Officials said the suspected drugs were found on the passenger-side floor between Perdomo's feet. "It literally could have been a deadly dose to tens of thousands of Americans, tens of thousands of individuals in this state, absolutely," said Paul Spera of DEA New England.Perdomo had an initial appearance in court Monday and is scheduled to face a judge again Wednesday afternoon.Perdomo was charged with possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, which could carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, at least three years of supervised release and a maximum fine of $1 million. It's unclear if the driver is facing any charges.

    A 29-year-old Massachusetts man is facing charges in New Hampshire after investigators said he was found with 2 pounds of what police suspect to be fentanyl.

    In court documents, investigators allege that Eddy Perdomo arranged to sell a kilogram of fentanyl to someone in Ashland over the weekend.

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    The buyer was working with the Drug Enforcement Administration as a confidential source after being arrested a week earlier on a drug trafficking charge, officials said.

    The source told investigators that they met with their supplier 12 to 15 times in a parking lot off I-93 at exit 24 at about 10 a.m. on Saturdays. The transactions were described as quick, hand-to-hand exchanges through car windows.

    Investigators said they had their source text Perdomo to meet for 100 "sticks" of fentanyl, which is a little more than two pounds. They said Perdomo arrived as a passenger in a car that had traveled up from Lawrence, Massachusetts.

    Officials said the suspected drugs were found on the passenger-side floor between Perdomo's feet.

    "It literally could have been a deadly dose to tens of thousands of Americans, tens of thousands of individuals in this state, absolutely," said Paul Spera of DEA New England.

    Perdomo had an initial appearance in court Monday and is scheduled to face a judge again Wednesday afternoon.

    Perdomo was charged with possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, which could carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, at least three years of supervised release and a maximum fine of $1 million.

    It's unclear if the driver is facing any charges.