CAMDEN, N.J. (1010 WINS/WCBS 8880) – A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 50 months in prison on Wednesday for conspiring to distribute cocaine as part of a drug-trafficking organization operating in Philadelphia and New Jersey, US Attorney Philip Sellinger announced.
Iran Soler, 44, previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
According to documents, Soler and his conspirators repeatedly traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on commercial flights from Philadelphia International Airport between March 2019 and August 2020.
They purchased multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from wholesale drug suppliers based in the San Juan area in exchange for cash payments.
Soler and the conspirators then shipped the kilograms of cocaine by overnight delivery from U.S. Post Offices in San Juan to various addresses in Philadelphia as well as southern New Jersey, where Jose Gonzalez resold the cocaine to other drug dealers in the Philadelphia area for a profit.
Soler and the other conspirators purchased and shipped over 100 kilograms of cocaine between March 2019 and August 2020.
In addition to the prison, Soler was sentenced to five years of supervised release.
Gonzalez previously pleaded guilty to his role in the conspiracy and is scheduled to be sentenced April 29.