Authorities: Raleigh gang member stored fentanyl in Lego boxes in cross-country drug trade

The U.S. Department of Justice sentenced a Raleigh gang member to 14 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl pills in eastern North Carolina and throughout the country.

Authorities said Shakeim Weeks was a member of the United Blood Nation gang. He helped organize and carry out a trafficking effort to bring fentanyl pills to California and Arizona.

In June 2024, Investigators found approximately 100,000 fentanyl pills, weighing approximately 11 kilograms, in Weeks' suitcase when he returned to North Carolina from a resupply trip to Arizona.

The pills Weeks had were contained in Lego boxes, consistent with other seizures of fentanyl pills from the same organization. 

Weeks pled guilty in February to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.

The investigation was spearheaded by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.