Camden County Felon Sentenced to 133 Months’ Imprisonment for Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine and Possessing a Firearm

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Camden County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 133 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and possessing a firearm, Senior Counsel Philip Lamparello announced.

Rasheed Amin, 47, of Voorhees, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Christine P. O’Hearn to an information charging him with one count of conspiring to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

On multiple occasions in 2024, Amin flew from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to various cities in the western United States to obtain cocaine for further distribution.  Amin then mailed parcels containing the cocaine to his Voorhees residence and other addresses in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York.  On October 29, 2024, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Amin’s Voorhees residence and recovered several kilograms of cocaine, as well as a loaded firearm.  Amin—a previously-convicted felon—admitted to possessing the cocaine and the firearm recovered from his residence.

Senior Counsel Lamparello credited inspectors and task force officers of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Philadelphia Division, under the direction of Inspector in Charge Christopher Nielsen, with the investigation leading to the sentencing.  He also credited the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations Newark, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael S. McCarthy, the Camden County Police Department, under the direction of Chief Gabriel Rodriguez, and the Cherry Hill Police Department, under the direction of Chief John Ostermueller, for their assistance.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Bender of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Camden.

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Defense counsel: Ikram Ally, Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender.