Cranston Man Admits to Large Scale Production of Meth and Fentanyl-Laced Pills

PROVIDENCE - A Cranston man admitted to a federal judge on Tuesday that he produced, possessed, and/or delivered thousands of methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced fake Adderall pills, and that he was in possession of significant quantities of methamphetamine pills and powder and a quantity of fentanyl powder at the time of his arrest in August 2022, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

Sambo Sok, 41, pleaded guilty to charges of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. He is scheduled to be sentenced on September 11, 2025. The sentences imposed will be determined by a federal district judge after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

According to information presented to the court, in the summer of 2022, during an investigation into Sok’s drug trafficking activities, DEA agents learned that methamphetamine-laced pills were being manufactured at the defendant’s residence. On August 15, 2025, agents witnessed activity at Sok’s home consistent with narcotics trafficking. A person who had been at the residence manufacturing and packaging pills transferred a large quantity of pills from the residence to the trunk of a motor vehicle. A short time later law enforcement stopped the vehicle and recovered approximately 10,500 methamphetamine-laced fake Adderall pills.  Law enforcement also responded to the Sok’s home where another co-conspirator was observed placing a bag, later determined to contain thousands of methamphetamine pills, into the trunk of his vehicle. Sok, who was present at the residence, was apprehended as he attempted to flee the agents.

Court-authorized searches of the defendant’s residence, a shed on his property, and a vehicle parked in front of the defendant’s home that followed resulted in the seizure of a total of 12,110.7 grams of methamphetamine, including approximately 21,688 pills and 501.2 grams of a mixture of methamphetamine and fentanyl. Also seized were, five pill presses, various items used in the production of drug-laced pills, and nearly 2,000 tablets containing a combination of MDMA, methamphetamine, and caffeine.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Stacey A. Erickson.

The matter was investigated by the Rhode Island DEA Drug Task Force.

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