Connecticut man sentenced for trafficking fentanyl in Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — United States Attorney Zachary Cunha said that a Windsor man was sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to traffic fentanyl.

20-year-old Daniel Alexander Smith previously admitted that between late February through May 2023 he sold seven firearms and conspired with another individual to sell a almost 90 grams of fentanyl in five separate transactions.

Cunha said that during the investigation police seized a Century Arms AK-47 rifle, a Glock 26 semi-automatic pistol, a High Standard revolver, a Taurus PT111 9mm handgun, an FN Tactical Model 502 .22 caliber pistol, a Glock 19x 9mm pistol, and a High Standard M200 20 gauge shotgun, as well as a loaded Glock 22 firearm with a 22-round magazine and a Switch that converted it to a fully-automatic weapon.

Smith was sentenced to 60 months of incarceration followed by three years of federal supervised release.