WORCESTER – A Worcester man sentenced to more than six years in prison for his role in a cocaine conspiracy operating in and around the Taunton and Worcester areas.
According to the Dept. of Justice, Luis Elias, 44, of Worcester, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison and four years of supervised release.
In Jan.2019, Elias pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.
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Elias and 36-year-old Angel Oyola of Caguas, Puerto Rico — who was also sentenced on Tuesday to two years in prison — along with eight co-defendants, were changed in May 2018 for their roles in a large scale cocaine conspiracy.
The charges followed a nine-month investigation aimed at the increased volume of cocaine flooding into southern and Central Massachusetts. The defendants allegedly controlled and managed a lucrative and sophisticated drug trafficking and distribution ring in the region.
In Nov. 2017, Oyola brokered and coordinated a transaction for nine kilograms of cocaine, which were shipped from Puerto Rico to Massachusetts. Elias received multiple kilograms of cocaine when they were shipped from Puerto Rico to Worcester and also shipped and carried drug proceeds back down to Puerto Rico.
In Jan. 2018, Elias was stopped at the San Juan International Airport with $41,700 in U.S. currency in his luggage.
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