Supplier Sentenced for Selling Counterfeit M30 Pills

PHOENIX, Ariz. - Dairon Jissan Rodriguez-Escalante, 27, a legal permanent resident from Cuba living in Maricopa, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Angela M. Martinez to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Rodriguez-Escalante pleaded guilty to Possession with the Intent to Distribute Fentanyl on March 27, 2024.

In 2021, Rodriguez-Escalante was identified through social media as a source of supply of counterfeit M30 pills containing fentanyl for other individuals who sent narcotics through the mail. In October and November 2021, Rodriguez-Escalante sold over 650 grams of blue M30 pills containing fentanyl to U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Drug Enforcement Administration agents on two separate occasions.

The United States Postal Inspection Service, Drug Enforcement Administration-St. Louis Office, Peoria Police Department, and the Mesa Police Department Forensic Laboratory conducted the investigation in this case. The United States Attorney's Office, District of Arizona, Phoenix, handled the prosecution.

CASE NUMBER: CR-23-1086-PHX-JJT
RELEASE NUMBER: 2024-119_Rodriguez-Escalante

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