Laurel Man Sentenced After Selling 1K Fentanyl Pills To Undercover Cops

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — A Laurel man has been sentenced for selling fentanyl.

In September 2023, HSI and the DEA began investigating Amos Oluremi Nureni, 43, of Laurel in connection with suspected fentanyl trafficking. During the investigation, law enforcement conducted two controlled purchases in which Nureni sold an undercover officer approximately 400-500 pills. The pills were blue in color and imprinted with “M30” – mimicking the markings on legitimate pills from a manufacturer containing oxycodone hydrochloride. A laboratory analysis confirmed that the blue “M30” pills contained fentanyl, prosecutors said. Nureni sold approximately 866 fentanyl pills — or nearly 100 grams of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl — to the undercover officer.

On the morning of March 27, 2024, law enforcement executed a search warrant on Nureni’s Laurel home. During the search, law enforcement found a bag containing approximately 10.48 grams (98 pills) of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl, and a silver Taurus pistol with an obliterated number, in Nureni’s safe. The pistol was loaded with a 9mm round of ammunition in the chamber and a magazine containing six rounds of 9mm ammunition, prosecutors said.

Law enforcement also found a large silver and red hydraulic press; small silver hydraulic press; digital scale with white powder residue; and several bags containing approximately 6.44 grams (61 pills) of fentanyl, approximately 6.25 grams of cocaine base, approximately 0.859 grams of cocaine, approximately 3.04 grams of cocaine, approximately 3.02 grams of methamphetamine and approximately 1.478 grams of dipentylone at Nureni’s home.

Nureni has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.