Kevin Cornelious Davis, Cocaine Trafficking, North Carolina 2011

NEW BERN, North Carolina – In a major blow to the Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations operating in Eastern North Carolina, a local man has been sentenced to 131 months imprisonment for his role in a large-scale cocaine trafficking operation.

Kevin Cornelious Davis, 44, of Bayboro, North Carolina was sentenced in federal court on [no date given] by United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan. Davis was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.

Davis was arrested on July 4, 2011, after more than 12 kilograms of cocaine were seized in Pamlico County. The investigation revealed that from 2006 until his arrest, Davis was responsible for distributing approximately 83 kilograms of cocaine.

The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Operation ‘No Quarter’ was designed to attack the infrastructure of the Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations operating in North Carolina, the United States and Mexico. The investigation spanned ten years and five North Carolina counties, resulting in over 100 individuals being charged by indictment or criminal information in the Eastern District of North Carolina and state courts.

As part of the investigation, authorities seized $1.5 million in U.S. Currency, 127 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of $3.8 million dollars, 41 pounds of crystal methamphetamine with a street value of $650,000, 160 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $170,000, 32 grams of heroin, 35 firearms, and 35 real properties valued at $1.5 million.

The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), United States Marshals Service, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, North Carolina National Guard, and various local law enforcement agencies.

The federal prosecution was handled by Special Assistant United States Attorney Glenn Perry, a prosecutor with the Pitt County District Attorney’s Office.

The case is part of the larger OCDETF Operation ‘No Quarter’, a multi-agency effort to disrupt the flow of illicit drugs and money into and out of North Carolina.

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