Tommy Ramirez, 29, of the Dominican Republic, and Ramon Clavel, 55, of Haiti, pleaded guilty Wednesday in District Court to possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
According to court documents, on Feb. 12, Ramirez instructed Clavel to present himself at the Emancipation Gardens post office to claim a package that contained a white powdery substance. The white powdery substance was sent to the Drug Enforcement Administration laboratory and testing confirmed it to be one kilogram of cocaine, a controlled substance.
Ramirez and Clavel face a minimum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez scheduled sentencing for Aug. 23.
The Drug Enforcement Administration, the United States Postal Inspection Services, and the Department of Homeland Security Investigations U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the FBI investigated the case. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sigrid M. Tejo-Sprotte.
