Manhattan Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficker Mounir Mrabet Sentenced to 270 Months in Prison
Manhattan, New York – Mounir Mrabet, a 40-year-old New York City resident, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff to 270 months in prison for trafficking wholesale quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine in and around midtown Manhattan, announced Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
In November 2023, a jury convicted Mrabet of narcotics conspiracy, narcotics trafficking, and a firearms offense. Mrabet was charged with flooding the streets of New York City with methamphetamine and fentanyl, storing and selling these deadly substances in hotel rooms, and using a firearm to promote his illicit operations.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams stated, “The defendant flooded the streets of New York with methamphetamine and fentanyl and kept a gun as part of his drug operations. He sold these dangerous drugs to other dealers in wholesale quantities and even stored and sold these drugs in hotel rooms with abject disregard for those he endangered. This sentence is a just punishment for an individual who chose to profit from destroying others and actively contributed to a drug crisis that continues to claim lives across our city and our nation.”
According to public filings and the evidence presented at trial, Mrabet coordinated with suppliers in Mexico and California to receive boxes of crystal methamphetamine and fentanyl in the mail. He then worked with co-conspirators to distribute wholesale quantities of these drugs to other drug dealers in New York City. Mrabet’s voice was captured on a video depicting stacks of cash, bundles of apparent drugs, and a revolver. Additional videos, photographs, and text messages confirmed that Mrabet stored and sold drugs out of hotel rooms.
Mrabet was recorded selling drugs to an undercover detective, including fake oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl. Law enforcement agents conducted a search of his Manhattan apartment and seized 24 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and approximately half a pound of fentanyl powder. The evidence at trial included Mrabet’s own texts arranging sales to co-conspirators and texts from customers who described being sickened by his drugs.
In addition to the prison term, Mounir Mrabet was sentenced to five years of supervised release. Mr. Williams praised the outstanding investigative work of Task Force Officers assigned to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Homeland Security Investigations, the New York City Police Department, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. This case is being handled by the Office’s Narcotics Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jane Y. Chong and Edward C. Robinson Jr. are in charge of the prosecution.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: Official Source ↗
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