Bowling Green Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison in Fentanyl Distribution Case

Bowling Green, KY – The final member of a two-man fentanyl distribution case was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison for attempted possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Lesley Allison of the Pittsburgh Division, Special Agent in Charge Rana Saoud of the Homeland Security Investigations Nashville, and Director Tommy Loving of the Bowling Green/Warren County Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (AHIDTA) Drug Task Force made the announcement.

According to court documents, on December 2, 2024, Faisl Alzharani, 27, of Warren County, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and on April 23, 2024, Ahmed Al-Duliami, 25, of Warren County, was sentenced to 7 years in prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release, for attempting to possess with the intent to distribute a fentanyl mixture. On August 11, 2022, in Warren County the defendants picked up a package which they believed contained fentanyl, but that package had previously been seized by law enforcement and the fentanyl removed.

There is no parole in the federal system.

The USPIS Louisville Domicile, Bowling Green Office, HSI Bowling Green, and the Bowling Green/Warren County Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (AHIDTA) Drug Task Force investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark J. Yurchisin II of the United States Attorney’s Bowling Green Branch Office prosecuted the case.

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