BURLINGTON, Vt. — Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New England special agents in Vermont and Massachusetts arrested two men July 24 as part of an ongoing multistate drug trafficking investigation.
Hussein Iman, 20, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Joseph Cadorette II, 37, of Williamstown, Vermont, have been charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute and distribution of fentanyl and cocaine base.
According to court records, Iman, who also goes by “Q,” oversaw a drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing fentanyl and cocaine base in Vermont from March 2024 to July 2024. Individuals from the organization sold narcotics to undercover HSI special agents on multiple occasions. During one interaction, Iman boasted to an undercover HSI special agent about the potency of his raw fentanyl, conveying that it caused individuals to instantly overdose and that Narcan did not reverse the overdoses. The organization’s drug distribution locations included Cadorette’s 14-acre property on Pleasant Street in Williamstown. There, undercover HSI special agents purchased thousands of dollars of fentanyl from individuals in a camper on the property and observed a homemade shooting range.
Iman and Cadorette each face up to 20 years of imprisonment if convicted of the present charges.
The complaint contains allegations only and defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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