Allen Goosen, Heroin Trafficking, New Mexico 2016

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A Farmington man has pleaded guilty to federal heroin trafficking charges after selling the deadly drug to an undercover agent.

Allen Goosen, 30, of Farmington, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to heroin trafficking charges. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement.

According to the complaint, Goosen sold approximately 6.03 grams of heroin to an undercover agent on Dec. 17, 2014. The complaint further alleges that on Jan. 5, 2015, Goosen was in possession of 5.95 grams of heroin packaged in six-single gram packages when he was arrested on a felony arrest warrant.

Goosen was subsequently indicted on March 8, 2016, and charged with distribution of heroin on Dec. 17, 2014, and possession of heroin with intent to distribute on Jan. 5, 2015. The indictment included forfeiture allegations requiring Goosen to forfeit at least $600 to the United States.

During today’s proceedings, Goosen pled guilty to both counts of the indictment. At sentencing, Goosen faces a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in federal prison. He remains in custody pending a sentencing hearing which has yet to be scheduled.

The case was investigated by the Albuquerque office of Homeland Security Investigations and the HIDTA Region II Task Force. The HIDTA Region II Narcotics Task Force is comprised of officers and investigators from the Farmington Police Department, San Juan County Sheriff’s Office, Bloomfield Police Department and Aztec Police Department, and is part of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program that was created by Congress with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander M. Uballez as part of the New Mexico Heroin and Opioid Prevention and Education (HOPE) Initiative. The HOPE Initiative was launched in January 2015 by the UNM Health Sciences Center and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in response to the national opioid epidemic which has had a disproportionately devastating impact on New Mexico.

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