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Virginia man sentenced to over 9 years for smuggling fentanyl from California to DMV
WASHINGTON () — An Alexandria man will spend 110 months in federal prison for smuggling fentanyl pills from California to the DMV, according to the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia (USAO).
On Friday, 28-year-old Lamin Sesay was sentenced for participating in a widespread drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills from Southern California to destinations throughout the United States.
In 2023, Sesay was one of 24 people arrested in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, San Diego and Los Angeles and charged with conspiracy. On Feb. 7, 2025, he pleaded guilty to several drug-related charges.
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Court documents revealed that Sesay had entered the conspiracy after he was introduced to a Los Angeles-based drug trafficker, Hector David Valdez. Officials noted that Sesay's role was to have fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills shipped by Valdez to D.C.
He then plotted with other co-conspirators in the D.C. area to redistribute the pills.
According to the attorney's office, the investigation into the conspiracy was sparked after a young D.C. mother, Diamond Lynch, died from an overdose. While investigating her death, law enforcement uncovered a large network of traffickers who transported fentanyl from Mexico to Los Angeles and then to the nation's capital.
Since then, authorities have seized over 450,000 fentanyl pills, 1.5 kilograms of fentanyl powder and 30 guns, according to the USAO.
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