Five individuals have been charged by indictment with offenses related to the trafficking of cocaine through the U.S. Mail from Puerto Rico to Connecticut, according to an April 27 announcement by David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
The case is significant because it highlights ongoing efforts by federal authorities to disrupt drug trafficking operations that use the postal system. According to court documents and statements made in court, law enforcement began investigating a drug organization in June 2025 that coordinated shipments of cocaine from Puerto Rico to addresses in central Connecticut. The accused include Edgardo Castro Perez, Roselyn Osorio-Soto, Edgar Castro Perez, Juan Jose Torres-Ortiz, and Enrique Arroyo-Robles.
Investigators allege that Osorio-Soto and Edgardo Castro Perez mailed parcels containing cocaine from Puerto Rico while Torres-Ortiz collected them upon arrival in Connecticut before transferring them for storage and further distribution. Authorities identified at least twelve suspicious parcels and seized four containing multiple kilograms of cocaine. During one search on September 17, 2025, officers found approximately three kilograms of cocaine along with firearms and over $133,000 in cash at a Tolland residence.
The five defendants were initially charged by federal criminal complaint; arrests occurred between March 31 and April 2 this year. On April 8, a grand jury returned an indictment charging all five with conspiracy charges related to distributing or possessing cocaine with intent to distribute. If convicted as charged based on drug quantities attributed individually: Edgardo Castro Perez, Osorio-Soto, and Torres-Ortiz face mandatory minimum sentences of ten years up to life imprisonment; Edgar Castro Perez faces five years up to forty years; Arroyo-Robles faces up to twenty years.
Sullivan said: “An indictment is not evidence of guilt. Charges are only allegations, and each defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” The investigation continues under the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force together with several state agencies.
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