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North Carolina Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Dark Web Fentanyl Distribution
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North Carolina Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Dark Web Fentanyl Distribution

A Washington, North Carolina man was sentenced to 240 months in prison for the distribution of fentanyl and an associated firearm violation.

Dylan Hunter Holcomb, 28, sold counterfeit Xanax and Oxycodone pills across the country on the dark web. Using a high-capacity pill press, Holcomb and others used fentanyl and mixing compounds to mimic the effects of the narcotics.

According to court documents and other information presented in court, Holcomb sold counterfeit pills containing fentanyl to customers on the dark web. The pills were made to appear as Oxycodone but contained only fentanyl.

In January 2020, the United States Postal Inspector intercepted several suspicious packages coming from the Washington area. Each similarly wrapped package contained blue pills which were made to appear as Oxycodone but contained only fentanyl.

By March 2020, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration discovered the source of these packages—Holcomb’s home in Washington. That month Investigators took Holcomb into custody and seized several bags of fentanyl; over 1,500 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl; a 3D printed firearm and silencer; a high-capacity pill press; several electronics used to access the dark web; and multiple cryptocurrency hardware wallets from Holcomb’s home.

Chief Judge Richard E. Myers II noted the danger posed by using fentanyl in counterfeit pills and its contribution to the on-going opioid epidemic. Michael Easley, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, made the announcement after sentencing by Chief U.S. District Judge Richard E. Myers II.

The Drug Enforcement Administration, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorney J.D. Koesters prosecuted the case.