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Two NJ men sentenced for importing fentanyl analogues from China
Prosecutors said the trafficking network brought more than one metric tonne of fentanyl related substances into the US, according to the US Department of Justice.
Two men from New Jersey, Sean Tighe, 50, and Juan Rodriguez, 51, were sentenced this week for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that imported fentanyl analogues from China to the United States, the US Department of Justice said on Thursday, according to SCMP Economy.
SCMP Economy reports that Washington has previously characterized China as a primary source of precursor chemicals used to manufacture the drugs, and that Beijing has pushed back against what it viewed as unfair targeting over the fentanyl crisis.
According to the DOJ, the organization imported more than one metric tonne of fentanyl related substances and other drugs into the US. Five individuals have so far been sentenced to a total of 685 months in prison, SCMP Economy said.
The DOJ said the two men were among nine individuals charged and convicted for their roles in the network’s efforts to supply fentanyl related drugs into the US.