Jose Ignacio Goris, Cocaine Trafficking, Rhode Island 2024

Grimy Times: Local Man Arrested for Cocaine Trafficking

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – In a shocking turn of events, Jose Ignacio Goris, 39, of Providence, was ordered detained in federal custody today, charged with attempt to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.

Goris was arrested on Thursday by DEA Drug Task Force agents moments after he allegedly took custody of what he believed to be a kilogram of cocaine supplied to him by a person he believed to be a drug trafficker. The purported drug trafficker was an undercover DEA Drug Task Force agent.

Goris’ arrest and detention were announced by United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Michael Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England field division. Goris was ordered detained by U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond.

According to information presented to the court, Goris was previously convicted in federal court on drug trafficking charges.

According to an affidavit in support of an arrest warrant and criminal complaint filed with the court, it is alleged that beginning in early May, Goris and an undercover agent posing as a large-scale cocaine supplier from New Jersey engaged in a series of electronically monitored telephone conversations and meetings.

Goris allegedly represented that he had engaged in distributing kilograms of cocaine for a long time and requested that the undercover agent supply him with multiple kilograms of cocaine.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Paul F. Daly, Jr. and Ly T. Chin.

West Warwick Police assisted the DEA Drug Task Force in the investigation of this matter.

The DEA Drug Task Force is comprised of agents and law enforcement officers from the DEA, ATF, IRS, Homeland Security Investigations, Rhode Island State Police and Cranston, East Providence, Pawtucket, Providence, Newport, South Kingstown, Warwick and Woonsocket Police Departments.

Goris is accused of attempting to possess a kilogram of cocaine with the intent to distribute. The purported drug trafficker was an undercover DEA Drug Task Force agent.

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