Nashua Fentanyl Dealer Gets 5 Years In Prison

NASHUA, NH -- A Nashua fentanyl dealer was sentenced to five years in prison, authorities announced Tuesday. Arthur Voutselas, 27, was also forced to forfeit $12,995 in drug profits and ordered to be placed on supervised release for four years after he gets out of prison.

"Stopping fentanyl trafficking is a top priority," New Hampshire U.S. Attorney Scott Murray said in a statement. "In order to protect the lives and safety of our citizens, we work closely with our law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute those who are responsible for selling this deadly drug. Drug dealers should expect to face long prison terms for distributing fentanyl and other opioids."

Voutselas was arrested in February after selling cocaine to an undercover agent. A search of his Nashua residence turned up 75 grams of fentanyl. He pleaded guilty to fentanyl possession with intent to distribute.

New Hampshire is member of the Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge program, a federal initiative organized by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions over the summer. The program targets opioid dealers in the Granite State and nine other regions across the country.

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

Added Murray, "We will use every resource at our disposal to investigate and prosecute drug dealers who sell fentanyl in New Hampshire."

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