Man Trafficked Cocaine Through His Mother's Medford Home: Feds

MEDFORD, MA — A Utah-based drug trafficker used his mother's Medford home as part of his cocaine operation, federal authorities said. Droel Jared Encarnacion, 28, of Salt Lake City, was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, the U.S. Attorney's office announced Monday.

Authorities said on Sept. 17, 2018, Encarnacion shipped a package containing about 427 grams of cocaine from Utah to his mother's home in Medford. Encarnacion flew to Boston himself and met with Robin Manuel Suazo, a Lynn man with whom he had spoken several times about shipping cocaine and fentanyl from Utah to Boston, the USAO said.

Investigators picked up conversations between the two men over a wiretap, authorities said. Agents stopped the pair as they drove toward Lynn and found the package of cocaine in the car, the USAO said. The package showed Encarnacion as the sender.

The crimes of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of $1 million.