Heroin Dealer Sentenced In Federal Court In Concord

CONCORD, NH — A Maine heroin dealer who expanded his enterprise to Southern New Hampshire was sentenced to prison Wednesday. Timothy Zani, 39, of Berwick, received 2 years and 3 months in federal prison. He was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Concord.

Zani was arrested in 2015 after selling heroin to undercover agents in Somersworth.

"The distribution of heroin and fentanyl pose a great threat to public safety," U.S. Attorney Scott Murray said in a statement. "We will continue to work closely with all of our law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute those who are distributing these deadly substances in the Granite State."

Earlier this summer, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions visited New Hampshire and announced Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge, a law enforcement program targeting opioid dealers in New Hampshire and nine other regions across the country.

"We are going to arrest, prosecute, and convict .... dealers and we are going to put them in jail," Sessions said.

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