By Associated Press - Monday, January 27, 2020

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire man was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking.

Court documents say Abelino Morales-Padilla, 38, of Manchester, conspired with others to distribute the drug. In 2018, a confidential informant informed police that he would be coming from Massachusetts to New Hampshire with a large quantity of fentanyl.

Police officers identified the car and stopped Morales-Padilla for traffic violations in Londonderry. Law enforcement officers later found approximately 424 grams of fentanyl inside the vehicle.



Morales-Padilla pleaded guilty in July. He was sentenced Friday.

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