Dakota Henderson, Fentanyl Trafficking, North Carolina 2024

Raleigh, N.C. – A 9-year prison sentence was handed down to Dakota Henderson, 26, of Arizona, for his role in a cross-country fentanyl conspiracy that targeted the Eastern District of North Carolina.

Henderson pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Forty Grams or More of a Mixture and Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Fentanyl and Distribution of Forty Grams or More of a Mixture and Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Fentanyl on October 10, 2024.

According to court documents and other information presented in court, law enforcement determined that Henderson was part of a group that obtained fentanyl pills from California and Arizona and then transported them to the Raleigh area for distribution.

In March 2024, law enforcement searched a hotel room rented in Henderson’s name and found approximately 5,912 fentanyl pills, a drum magazine loaded with 32 rounds of ammunition, and over $1,000 in U.S. currency.

Several weeks later, Henderson was observed by law enforcement, armed with a firearm, collecting money from a drug debt and delivering an additional 2,000 suspected fentanyl pills to a confidential informant.

This investigation was an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation, which aims to disrupt and dismantle the highest-level drug traffickers and their networks.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Raleigh Police Department, the Cary Police Department, and the United States Postal Inspection Service, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Casey L. Peaden prosecuting the case.

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