Fall River man indicted in scheme to ship cocaine through mail

A Fall River man who allegedly made repeated trips to Puerto Rico to obtain and ship significant quantities of cocaine to Rhode Island through the U.S. Postal Service has been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges.

A Fall River man who allegedly made repeated trips to Puerto Rico to obtain and ship significant quantities of cocaine to Rhode Island through the U.S. Postal Service has been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges.

According to the U.S. Attorney's office, a federal grand jury in Providence returned a two-count indictment on Thursday charging David J. Knight, 47, with conspiracy to possess with intent to deliver more than one kilogram of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch and Raymond D. Moss, acting inspector in charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston division.

The U.S. Attorney's office alleges that between June 1, 2016, and April 11, 2017, Knight, in coordination with others, made several trips to Puerto Rico for the purpose of purchasing kilograms of cocaine, that were then packaged and shipped through the U.S. Postal Service to various addresses in Rhode Island.

Knight is the ninth person charged in a series of ongoing investigations by U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents to identify and interrupt the delivery of packages of narcotics shipped through the U.S. mail to addresses in Rhode Island, to identify individuals responsible for making the shipments and to identify the intended recipients of the packages.

To date, U.S. Postal Inspection agents have documented more than 100 packages shipped from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island, which contained 300 grams or more of cocaine.

Knight was released on unsecured bond.