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Jabar Evans was convicted last October of unlawful possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, US Attorney Philip Sellinger said.
In June 2021, Evans ran a fentanyl manufacturing facility in a Jersey City hotel room. He moved his facility from one hotel room to a new larger room at the hotel, Sellinger said.
While moving his drug operation, Evans accidentally left two firearms in the safe of his old room, which was discovered by hotel staff and turned over to law enforcement, Sellinger said.
Evans was subsequently arrested and Jersey City police discovered over 12,000 glassines of fentanyl, bags containing hundreds of grams of uncut fentanyl and methamphetamine, and narcotics packaging and manufacturing equipment, Sellinger said.
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