Revere Man Gets 10 Years For Trying To Buy Cocaine Off Undercover Cops

REVERE, MA — A man from Revere will spend the next 10 years behind bars after attempting to purchase 20 kilograms of cocaine from undercover agents, U.S. District Attorney Rachael Rollins said Friday.

Jesus Arley Munera-Gomez, 35, was arrested after trying to buy 20 kilograms of cocaine for $200,000 from undercover officers in February 2020.

According to Rollins, at the meeting location, Munera-Gomez took a duffle bag from the undercover agents containing 20 kilograms of sham cocaine and was taken into custody immediately after.

Munera-Gomez was convicted of one count of attempting to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.

No additional information was available.