Buffalo Man Sentenced for Selling Cocaine in New York

A Buffalo man has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for selling cocaine in the Buffalo area.

Kasan Alkafi, 49, of Buffalo, NY, was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute, and distributing, cocaine.

Between July 2016 and November 2017, Alkafi sold cocaine to various customers in the Buffalo area.

On July 17, 2016, Buffalo Police officers executed a search warrant at Alkafi’s Minton Street residence and recovered approximately 236 grams of cocaine, cutting agent, scales, drug packaging materials, and $3,105 in cash.

On October 11, 2017, the DEA and Buffalo Police conducted an undercover purchase of cocaine from an individual identified as co-conspirator 1, a known cocaine distribution associate of Alkafi.

On November 3, 2017, the DEA and the Erie County Sheriff’s Office conducted a second controlled purchase of cocaine, this time from Alkafi. Immediately following the second controlled purchase, search warrants were executed at residences on Genesee Street and N. Legion Road.

The sentencing is result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Ray Donovan; the Erie County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Timothy Howard; and the Buffalo Police Department, under the direction of Commissioner Byron Lockwood.

Alkafi was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.

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