WPRO News and the Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Providence man who accepted packages of heroin and cocaine from Venezuela has been sentenced to five years in prison.
U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha says 26-year-old Alexander Tovar was sentenced Friday in federal court in Providence. A co-defendant, 30-year-old Miguel Valentin of Providence, also got five years in prison in November.
Neronha and Bruce Foucart, the special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England, say the two packages from Venezuela arrived in December 2013. One contained about a pound of heroin and the other had a pound of cocaine. The parcels were addressed to separate residences in Boston.
Authorities say Valentin accepted delivery of a package from undercover agents, and Tovar took possession of the packages at a later date. Both men pleaded guilty to drug charges.
