During Gonzales' trial, DEA agents testified they had monitored conversations between the defendants in which cocaine was called “confetti” and kilograms of cocaine “girls.” The agents were closely monitoring the drug deal as it took place in a Gellatin Street house on Dec. 11.

Cornelio Ozorio, 25, of Providence, left the home and was met by DEA agents who saw a kilogram of cocaine fall from under his coat during a routine search. Agents seized another kilogram package of cocaine in the basement, where they also found the rest of the men hiding under a pile of rubbish.

Waskar Pena, 31, of Providence; Alejandro Pujols, 36, of Providence; Eduardo Garcia, 35, of Providence; and Christopher Garcia, 34, of Methuen, Mass., and Ozorio pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.

Christopher Garcia pled guilty to an additional count of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and Pena also pled guilty to possessing with intent to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin.

Each man faces between 5 and 40 years in prison.