Norwich Man Guilty of Distributing Fentanyl Analogues on Dark Web; Possessing Drugs, Firearm and Ammunition

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Bridgeport has found BARRY DUCLOS, 42, of Norwich guilty of fentanyl analogue trafficking, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and carfentanil and firearm possession offenses.

The trial before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden began on July 21 and the jury returned guilty verdicts this afternoon. 

According to the evidence introduced during the trial, between approximately September 2017 and February 2018, Duclos operated a vendor page on the dark web “Dream Market.”  Using the alias 1NOLEFB1, Duclos advertised the sale of fentanyl analogues on Dream Market.  He then used the U.S. Mail to ship fentanyl analogues to customers who paid for the drugs using Bitcoin.

Duclos was arrested on a federal criminal complaint on February 12, 2018.  A search of his residence at the time of his arrest revealed a YHM rifle with multiple magazines, two of which were extended magazines.  The firearm was loaded with a round in the chamber.  Investigators also located and fentanyl and carfentanil from the residence, along with a computer used by Duclos to access Dream Market.

Duclos was convicted in state court, in February 2001, of sale of narcotics and, in March 2017, of larceny in the third degree.  It is a violation of federal law for a person previously convicted of a felony offense to possess a firearm or ammunition that has moved in interstate or foreign commerce.

The jury found Duclos guilty of seven counts of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl analogues; one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and carfentanil; one count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon; and one count possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Duclos has been detained since his arrest.  A sentencing date is not scheduled.

This matter was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration, with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Connecticut State Police, Norwich Police Department, and Robertson County Tennessee Sherriff’s Office.  This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lauren C. Clark and Patrick J. Doherty.