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Delaware Man Sentenced for Role in West Virginia Drug Trafficking Enterprise

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – On March 30, 2021, a Delaware man was sentenced to 30 months of incarceration for his role in a drug distribution enterprise. Andre Jason Burgos, also known as “Ghost,” 30, pleaded guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine Base, and Cocaine Hydrochloride” in March 2021.

Burgos admitted to working with others to sell cocaine hydrochloride, cocaine base, heroin, and fentanyl from June 2019 to October 2020 in Berkeley County and elsewhere. This conspiracy was part of a larger investigation into a drug trafficking enterprise.

The case was investigated by multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI; the Department of Homeland Security Investigations; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the U.S. Marshals Service; the West Virginia State Police; the Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative; and the West Virginia Air National Guard. The Eastern District of Pennsylvania U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Kent County Sheriff’s Office also assisted in the case.

The charges against Burgos were the result of investigations supported by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) under the Attorney General-led Synthetic Opioid Surge (SOS)/Special Operations Division (SOD) Project Clean Sweep. This initiative seeks to reduce the supply of synthetic opioids in “hot spot” areas previously identified by the Attorney General of the United States, thereby reducing drug overdoses and drug overdose deaths, and identify wholesale distribution networks and sources of supply operating nationally and internationally.

OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.

Burgos was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh. The case is related to a larger indictment of 22 people involved in a drug trafficking enterprise that spanned several states.

The investigation into the drug trafficking enterprise was a multi-agency effort that involved numerous law enforcement agencies and was supported by the OCDETF. The case highlights the ongoing efforts of law enforcement agencies to combat the flow of illicit substances and bring those responsible to justice.