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Hartford, Connecticut – Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Luis Ivan Diaz, 26, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 33 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Connecticut State Police obtained an arrest warrant for Diaz after his DNA was found on a gun thrown from a vehicle during a state police pursuit on March 8, 2022. Additionally, the Hartford Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) identified Diaz as a fentanyl trafficker. He was located and arrested on state charges on November 3, 2022, in possession of approximately 35 grams of fentanyl, 23 grams of cocaine, and five grams of crack cocaine.

Diaz was indicted on April 26, 2023. On June 6, 2023, he was arrested on a federal warrant in Hartford Superior Court, where he had an ongoing case. At the time of his arrest, a search of a fanny pack he was in possession of revealed approximately 40 grams of fentanyl and 18 grams of crack cocaine.

Diaz has been in custody since his federal arrest. On January 2, 2024, he pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl and cocaine with intent to distribute.

The DEA Hartford Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State Police, and the Bristol, Hartford, East Hartford, Enfield, Manchester, New Britain, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, and Windsor Locks police departments.