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August 4, 2006

Providence man gets 11 years for drug ring

PROVIDENCE -- A federal judge sentenced 35-year-old Modesto DeJesus Castillo to 11 years in prison for running a drug ring in which packages of cocaine and marijuana were shipped to Rhode Island from California.

In February, Castillo and his brother Ramon DeJesus Castillo -- who was previously sentenced to seven years in prison -- pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana.

Federal agents arrested two people in February 2005 as they picked up brown UPS packages at Providence homes. The packages together contained seven kilograms of cocaine.

The Castillo brothers admitted to recruiting people to accept packages of cocaine that had been sent via commercial carriers to various addresses in the greater Providence area.

The U.S. Attorney's Office announced the sentenced today. It was imposed Wednesday.

-- projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 12:42 PM | Permalink

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