PHILADELPHIA – Performing United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Delgardo Frazer, 52, of Phoenix, AZ, was sentenced to eleven many years and a few months jail, and four a long time of supervised launch by United States District Decide Chad F. Kenney for organizing and primary an worldwide cocaine trafficking operation which was discovered and dismantled in 2018.
In April 2021, the defendant pleaded guilty to all counts in a Superseding Indictment charging him with intent to distribute fentanyl, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The expenses stemmed from an incident during which Frazer was arrested around Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) in link with drug smuggling.
For his illicit trafficking firm, the defendant recruited and paid out a number of youthful ladies from Arizona to serve as “drug mules,” who would vacation at his behest to a variety of Caribbean areas and then deliver suitcases made up of kilos of cocaine to him in Philadelphia, PA, and to his conspirators in Orlando, FL. As portion of the trafficking conspiracy, Frazer also distributed bogus oxycodone tablets which, in actuality, contained fentanyl. The operation came to an conclusion in July 2018, when a single of the “drug mules,” immediately after traveling a circuitous route as a result of the Caribbean, was stopped by federal brokers at PHL with two suitcases containing about 4 kilograms of cocaine. Frazer was ready at a nearby lodge in Essington, PA, to pick her up at the airport. When he acquired that she was stopped by regulation enforcement, he advised her on a mobile phone get in touch with to just take a cab to the nearest affordable lodge, and at the exact time he packed up and deserted the hotel place five times in advance of routine. The defendant was unaware that the girl was with federal agents who overheard that connect with.
The defendant drove out of the lodge parking large amount quickly, and a Tinicum Township law enforcement officer on program patrol notice him commit numerous website traffic violations. The officer stopped Frazer and searched his car at an on-ramp to Interstate-95, at which point roughly 485 bogus oxycodone supplements that contains fentanyl ended up discovered in the fuel cap, and a semi-automated 9 mm Luger handgun loaded with 12 live rounds was uncovered in the trunk. Frazer experienced a prior felony drug conviction in Arizona and was therefore not permitted to have a firearm.
“Drug distribution and gun violence are an epidemic in Philadelphia, and the federal govt is aggressively prosecuting the two in purchase to be ‘All Arms On Deck’ to get perilous criminals like this defendant off the streets,” stated Acting U.S. Lawyer Williams. “Delgado Frazer was a huge-scale drug trafficker who exploited girls to do the ‘heavy lifting’ of bringing illegal narcotics into our country as a result of Philadelphia and other airports, which puts individuals communities in grave hazard. We want to thank our legislation enforcement associates in this scenario, HSI and DEA, for their hard get the job done and dedication.”
“Frazer admitted to arranging an worldwide drug trafficking ring, placing fatal medication in the palms of individuals battling with addictions. HSI is committed to doing work with its legislation enforcement partners to make sure that all those seeking to make a financial gain off the vulnerable are arrested to facial area the implications of their felony functions,” explained HSI Philadelphia Particular Agent in Cost, Brian Michael.
The case was investigated by the Homeland Safety Investigations and the Drug Enforcement Administration, and is staying prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Andrea G. Foulkes.
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