Stamford man sentenced for heroin trafficking

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By Sam Britt

(STAMFORD, Conn.) A Stamford man was sentenced on Tuesday to more than six years in prison after pleading guilty to heroin trafficking in September, according to the Stamford Advocate.

Joaquin Veras was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release after he leaves prison.

Investigators were able to buy heroin directly from Veras three times using an informant. Veras sold roughly 100 grams of heroin to the informatant through the first two deals. On the third deal, investigators arranged to buy $58,000 worth of heroin and Veras was arrested on the scene with more than a kilogram of heroin.

Veras’ apartment was searched and federal prosecutors found another kilogram of heroin, cocaine and $7,000 cash.

Federal prosecutors said that by selling heroin Veras was contributing to the ongoing opioid epidemic.

“While Veras has not been linked to any specific opioid deaths, the sale of multi-kilogram quantities translates to tens-of-thousands of individual doses,” federal prosecutors wrote.

Veras’s attorney asked for leniency, stating that his client would use this situation as a learning experience to become a better person.

Veras was previously convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin in 2011.

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