Federal Judge Sentences Fall River Drug Trafficker to Just Two Days in Prison

BOSTON (WBSM) — A Fall River man convicted on drug trafficking charges for sending cocaine through the mail will not spend any more time in federal prison after serving just two days.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Justin Dupras, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to time served (two days) after he pleaded guilty in May 2025 to one count of attempting to possess cocaine with intent to distribute.

Dupras was charged by criminal complaint in January 2025.

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How the Cocaine Mail Scheme Worked

On December 17, 2024, Dupras mailed a package containing about two kilograms of cocaine from a post office in Los Angeles, California to Fall River. He then came home to Massachusetts, and on December 19, 2024, went to the Fall River Post Office and had another person sign for the package containing the cocaine, who then handed it to Dupras.

Previous Drug Shipments Uncovered by Investigators

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Dupras mailed other packages of cocaine from California to Fall River on multiple occasions, including two kilograms sent on September 17, 2024, and two more sent on October 29, 2024.

Each time, flight records showed him returning to Massachusetts from California on the same day he mailed the packages.