Octavius Narcisse, Fentanyl Trafficking, Louisiana 2022

A LaPlace man has been sentenced to 37 months in the Bureau of Prisons for his role in a fentanyl trafficking operation in the Eastern District of Louisiana.

OCTAVIUS NARCISSE, age 54, was sentenced by United States District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon on August 11, 2022, for possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a quantity of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] (fentanyl) and cocaine hydrochloride pursuant to 21 U.S.C §841(a)(1), 21 U.S.C. §841(b)(1)(C), and 18 U.S.C. § 2.

Narcisse was also found guilty of knowingly and intentionally using a telephone in committing, causing, and facilitating the commission of the possession with intent to distribute pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §843(b) and 18 U.S.C. §2.

According to court documents, Narcisse was stopped and arrested by law enforcement in April 2019, shortly after picking up 1.015 kilograms of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propenamide (fentanyl) and 4.995 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride on behalf of co-conspirator, Ellis Batiste, Sr.

During the investigation, law enforcement seized over 15 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride and over 1 kilogram of fentanyl. The majority of these controlled substances were being transported from Houston, Texas into the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Narcisse’s sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release. Judge Lemmon also ordered that Narcisse pay a $100 mandatory special assessment fee for each count.

This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (“OCDETF”) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.

The case was investigated by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and the Saint John the Baptist Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Christopher Usher prosecuted the matter.

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