BOSTON — A Lynn man pleaded guilty on Monday to drug trafficking charges for his role in a massive drug ring on the North Shore that made the illicit drugs look like heart-shaped candy. Prosecutors called the 2023 bust “one of the largest single-location seizures of fentanyl and methamphetamine” in Massachusetts and the region.
Deiby Felix, 41, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to manufacture and distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and other controlled substances; and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Leah Foley said in a statement Monday.
U.S. District Court Judge Patti Saris scheduled sentencing for May 29.
Felix was arrested and charged in November 2023. Two other men, Emilio Garcia and Sebastien Bejin, were also arrested at that time in connection with the same drug trafficking ring on the North Shore, Foley said.
In November 2023, millions of doses of fentanyl and methamphetamine laced pills and powder with street value estimated to be over $7 million, were seized from a stash location and “clandestine laboratory” used by organization, prosecutors said.
Investigators were led to the North Shore drug ring after they started investigating an overdose death in Salem a few months earlier, in July 2023.
On Nov. 1, 2023, investigators searched four locations in Lynn that were identified as locations frequented by Bejin and, allegedly, Garcia.
“The searches resulted in what is believed to be, one of the largest single-location seizures of fentanyl and methamphetamine in Massachusetts and the region,” Foley said in her statement.
The seizure included nine kilograms, or 20 pounds, of “pink heart shaped fentanyl-laced pills pressed to look like candy,” Foley said. Additional drugs and five firearms were also seized.
Investigators ultimately seized more than 75 kilograms, or 198 pounds, of fentanyl and methamphetamine, along with multiple additional kilograms of cocaine and dozens of kilograms of cutting agents, including xylazine, that is used to adulterate controlled substances.
They also seized industrial-sized tablet presses, including one that was capable of producing over 25,000 pills per hour.
In total, investigators seized an estimated “eight million individual doses of fentanyl and methamphetamine laced pills and powder” with a street value estimated at upwards of $8 million.
A search of Felix’s home resulted in the seizure of more than three kilograms (6.6 pounds) of pressed pills containing methamphetamine and fentanyl and a firearm, Foley said.
“A subsequent search of the residence also revealed a clandestine drug laboratory that had been built into a small room in the basement. Multiple industrial pill presses, mixing equipment and other manufacturing paraphernalia and equipment were also recovered,” Foley said.
Bejin pleaded guilty on Jan. 15 and is scheduled to be sentenced on May 1. Garcia is scheduled to plead guilty on Feb. 7.
For the charge of possession with intent to manufacture and distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and other controlled substances, Felix faces at least 10 years and up to life in prison, at least five years and up to life of supervised release, a fine of up to $10,000,000 and forfeiture.
For the charge of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, Felix faces a sentence of at least five years and up to life in prison, to be served consecutively to the underlying drug trafficking crime, up to five years of supervised release, a fine of up to $250,000, and forfeiture.
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