Felix Baez Munoz, 35, from New York, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking operation that used the postal system to distribute drugs in Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess cocaine. The sentence was announced by Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
In September 2024, Baez Munoz admitted to working as a courier for a drug trafficking group. They hid cocaine inside everyday items, like air fryers, and shipped them from Puerto Rico to the northeast U.S. In May 2020, federal agents found Munoz with a duffle bag containing $387,030 in suspected drug money in New York, leading to his arrest after he allowed his bag to be searched, as stated by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Munoz was captured through a joint effort by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Massachusetts State Police, Boston Police, and other federal agencies. The operation was part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces initiative to tackle drug trafficking and money laundering. U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy, Inspector Ketty Larco-Ward, Superintendent Geoffrey D. Noble, and Police Commissioner Michael Cox announced the sentence. The charges against Munoz are serious, but the other defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
