A 41-year-old Lexington County man has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison after federal and local agents intercepted outbound fentanyl parcels and discovered a large-scale trafficking operation.
Gregory Hill of Lexington was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for distributing fentanyl and cocaine, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina.
According to court filings, on October 4, 2024, investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department surveiled Hill as he drove from his Lexington residence to a local company to send two parcels out of state.
Officers inspecting the parcels at the shipping facility discovered that Hill’s known aliases were listed as the sender. A police K-9 did an open-air sniff and detected the presence of narcotics.
After obtaining a search warrant, agents opened the parcels to find 984 grams of fentanyl powder in one and 1,019 counterfeit fentanyl tablets in the other.
On October 7, 2024, federal and local investigators conducted a search warrant at Hill’s home, seizing another 1,438 fentanyl tablets, more over $29,000 in cash, and bulk packaging equipment. A subsequent check of Hill’s storage unit turned up a thorough narcotics ledger.
Investigators discovered that Hill was ultimately responsible for distributing 14 kilos of cocaine, 984 grams of fentanyl powder, and 32,458 fentanyl tablets to regional and out-of-state drug traffickers.
U.S. District Judge Sherri A. Lydon sentenced Hill to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal prison system.
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