Robert Corson, a former resident of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for drug trafficking, according to United States Attorney Jane E. Young.
Corson was arrested in July 2021 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after selling quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl to an undercover New Hampshire State Police Trooper and a cooperating individual in April and May of that year. At the time of his arrest, Corson was found outside a storage unit he had rented in Portsmouth, where a search revealed approximately 200 grams of fentanyl and methamphetamine, as well as small quantities of other narcotics, drug paraphernalia, and a firearm.
“The sentence imposed on the defendant sends a strong message that those who sell drugs will be vigorously prosecuted and the government will seek significant periods of incarceration,” said Young. “Fentanyl kills members of our communities daily and the United States Attorney’s Office along with our federal partners will employ every asset available to stop the flow of these poisons onto our streets.”
The case was investigated by the FBI’s New Hampshire Major Offender Task Force, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s Tactical Diversion Squad, the New Hampshire State Police, and the Portsmouth Police Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer C. Davis as part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation, which aims to disrupt and dismantle high-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States.