Tampa Man Who Hid Fentanyl In An Air Fryer Gets More Than 12 Years In Prison

View Of Hallway From Jail Cell (File) TAMPA, Fla. - A Tampa man has been sentenced to 12 years and seven months in federal prison for conspiracy

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TAMPA, Fla. – A Tampa man has been sentenced to 12 years and seven months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl charges.

Efrain Rivera Matos, 45, Tampa, pleaded guilty on December 8, 2023.

According to court documents, on July 27, 2022, Rivera Matos conspired to ship approximately 560 grams of pressed fentanyl pills to Tampa.

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On August 31, 2022, Rivera Matos conspired with others to distribute a parcel containing two kilograms of fentanyl powder that was concealed within an air fryer.

Co-conspirators distributed fentanyl from a gas station car wash in Tampa, Florida.

The Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Tampa Police Department investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney Samantha Beckman is prosecuting it.