A Fairfax County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug trafficking charges for fentanyl and methamphetamine, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Calvin Ray Brown, 50, copped to selling counterfeit fentanyl pills to a Fairfax County Police Department confidential source and undercover detective on multiple occasions in March and April 2022, according to court documents.
After searching Brown’s home, police recovered 999 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, about 723 grams of meth, more than 500 grams of cocaine, and 665 grams of N,N-dimethylpentylone, which is similar to the party drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy. Officers found $25,001 in cash, a loaded semi-automatic ghost gun, and a bulletproof vest, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Brown told authorities he and another person started selling fentanyl pills, meth, MDMA, and crack cocaine in January 2021.
Over the course of their illicit career, Brown said they received about 1,000 fentanyl pills every two weeks, as well as one kilogram of meth and eight kilograms of cocaine.
Brown has a long rap sheet stretching back years.
In addition to multiple drug convictions, he was convicted of felony firearm possession.
Brown faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life behind bars.
He’s slated to be sentenced June 26.
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