Providence Resident Admits to Trafficking Fentanyl

PROVIDENCE – A Providence man found to be in possession of more than 1,500 fentanyl-laced pills and more than 400 grams of fentanyl powder today pleaded guilty to a charge of possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

Court records reflect that during a court-authorized search of his residence in November 2022, Carols Molina, 35, was found to be in possession of 1,503 fentanyl-laced pills designed to look like prescription drugs (weighing a total of 170.6 grams) and a mixture of powder containing fentanyl weighing 411.75 grams.

Leading up to the search of his residence, while under surveillance by DEA agents and DEA Drug Task Force officers, Molina made multiple sales of fentanyl-laced counterfeit prescription pills to another induvial. A total of 2,416 pills were seized immediately following the transactions.

Molina is scheduled to be sentenced on December 2, 2025. The sentence imposed in this matter will be determined by a federal district judge after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stacey A. Erickson.

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

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