Woonsocket man sentenced for role in ‘cocaine pipeline' from Puerto Rico
Woonsocket man sentenced for role in ‘cocaine pipeline' from Puerto Rico PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A Woonsocket man who was found to be involved in...
Woonsocket man sentenced for role in ‘cocaine pipeline' from Puerto Rico PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A Woonsocket man who was found to be involved in a drug trafficking operation, smuggling more than five dozen kilos of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island through the United States Postal Service was sentenced Monday, announced U.S. Attorney Zachary Cunha. William Lugo was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. According to court documents, Lugo, 32, previously admitted to a federal judge that he accepted at least eight parcels, containing at least one kilogram of cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico between December 2017, and July 2020.