Massachusetts man sentenced for cocaine seized from stash apartment

BOSTON (WWLP) – A man from Revere was sentenced to five years in prison for cocaine-related offenses.

According to the Department of Justice, 55-year-old Francisco Restrepo Mesa of Revere pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, one count of possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine on Wednesday.

Back in March of last year, a co-conspirator got two kilograms of cocaine from Restrepo inside an apartment in Revere he used as a drug stash location. The apartment was searched, and a total of 15.5 kilograms of cocaine and $190,750 were found.

After he was arrested, Restrepo told his wife during recorded jail calls, that some of the authorities had missed some of the drugs during their search. A second search warrant was then done at the apartment and 1.6 kilograms of cocaine was recovered from a hidden compartment inside the bathroom wall.

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