RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) — A federal jury convicted a Raleigh man after three days of trial on nine counts for fentanyl and five counts for possessing a firearm stemming from his role directing a major fentanyl‑trafficking operation.
Isiah Naaquan Weeks was convicted of running a drug‑trafficking operation that distributed thousands of fentanyl pills from California and Arizona into Eastern North Carolina. Investigators uncovered high‑volume deliveries, coordinated communications, and nonstop dealing from 2022 until Weeks’ arrest in 2024.
Isiah Naaquan Weeks (photo courtesy US Attorney’s office)
“This thug had a long history of pushing venomous poison and despite being locked up in the past, he immediately went back to his dirty work, orchestrating a violent drug‑peddling enterprise from right here in Raleigh, pumping our community full of deadly fentanyl, all while using illegal guns,” said U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle in a press release. “Working with a collaboration of men and women from local, state, and federal law enforcement, we dismantled his operation, seized his poison and guns, and removed him off our streets. This verdict delivers a clear message: Drugs destroy lives, and prison awaits—choose the right path.”
This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.
“Holding a drug dealer accountable for his dangerous and careless crimes sends a powerful message to anyone that threatens our public safety,” said ATF Special Agent in Charge Alicia Jones. “ATF and our law enforcement partners will use every resource we have available to pull the plug on violent criminal networks.”
Ellis Boyle, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina made the announcement after U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III accepted the jury’s verdict. The ATF, United States Postal Inspection Service, and the IRS – Criminal Investigation and Raleigh Police Department collaborated on this multi-year investigation.