Raulin Martinez, Fentanyl Trafficking, New Hampshire 2018

Raulin Martinez, 27, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl and in a conspiracy to launder money in New Hampshire.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Martinez helped lead a drug trafficking organization that sold fentanyl to customers from various New England states, including New Hampshire, from 2015 to April of 2018. The organization, which authorities allege was also led by Martinez’s brother, Sergio Martinez, used the name “Brian” to represent the drug business and sold well in excess of 36 kilograms of fentanyl from January through April of 2018.

Martinez helped run the business and supervised fentanyl distributors. He also assisted in collecting and counting drug proceeds, laundering that money, and sending it to relatives in the Dominican Republic. Martinez has agreed to forfeit over $81,000 and to pay a money judgment of $165,500.

Martinez is scheduled to be sentenced on March 20, 2019. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years of imprisonment and a maximum sentence of life, a fine up to 10 million dollars and a term of supervised release of at least five years and as much as life.

Thirty-three additional defendants have been charged in the fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. Five have pled guilty and one, Jepherson Cabrera, has been sentenced to 156 months in prison.

“Fentanyl trafficking has caused tremendous damage in New Hampshire,” said U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray. “In order to protect the citizens of the Granite State, we are working closely with the entire law enforcement community to stop the flow of this deadly drug into our state. It is imperative that we dismantle the criminal organizations that have been profiting from the sale of fentanyl and other deadly drugs in New Hampshire.”

The investigation was conducted by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The case was a collaborative investigation that involved multiple law enforcement agencies, including the DEA, New Hampshire State Police, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, and others.

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