Crime & Safety
RI Man Pleads Guilty After Being Caught With 666,500 Meth-Laced Pills
Federal prosecutors said this was the largest known drug seizure of its kind in the United States, with the meth pills weighing 660 pounds.
CUMBERLAND, RI — A Rhode Island man admitted in federal court Monday he was caught with more than 660,500 methamphetamine-laced counterfeit Adderall pills. Federal prosecutors said this was the largest known drug seizure of its kind in the United States.
Dylan Rodas, 27, of Cumberland, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
He has been detained in federal custody since his arrest on March 28. Along with the pills, prosecutors said they also found 11 kilograms of methamphetamine powder, 1,000 fake Oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl, two motorized pill presses, 250 grams of cocaine, $15,000 in cash and seven handguns, two of which were ghost guns.
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"The quantity of methamphetamine represented by this seizure — methamphetamine that was packaged, prepped and ready to flow out onto the street to devastating effect on our communities — is staggering," said Rhode Island's U.S. Attorney Zachary Cunha.
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