Cranston Man Pleads Guilty To Large-Scale Counterfeit Pill Production Operation
Friday, June 27, 2025, 7:45 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
PROVIDENCE, RI.- A 41-year-old Cranston, Rhode Island, man, when sentenced, could be potentially facing up to life in federal prison, after pleading guilty last Tuesday, to manufacturing and distributing tens of thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine and fentanyl.
According to Acting U.S. Attorney Sara Miron Bloom, on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, Sambo Sok, 41, of Cranston, Rhode Island, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island and pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine; and Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.
Sok Scheduled To Be Sentenced On September 11, 2025
Following entering his guilty plea, the Court scheduled sentencing for September 11, 2025. At that time, Sok faces on both counts a mandatory minimum of 20 years and up to life in federal prison, and up to a $5 million fine. At sentencing, a U.S. District Court Judge will determine the term of imprisonment based on the seriousness of the offenses and Sok’s prior criminal history.
According To Court Documents
According to charging documents and statements made in the District Court, during the summer months of 2022, an investigation was launched into Sok’s drug trafficking activities. During the investigation, DEA Agents learned that methamphetamine-laced pills were being manufactured at Sok’s Cranston, Rhode Island, residence.
On August 15, 2022, DEA Agents witnessed activity at Sok’s home consistent with narcotics trafficking. An individual who had been at the residence, manufacturing and packaging pills, transferred a large quantity of pills from the residence to the trunk of a vehicle. A short time later, law enforcement Officers and DEA Agents conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and located and seized around 10,500 methamphetamine-laced counterfeit Adderall pills.
Following the recovery of the 10,500 pills, additional law enforcement officials responded to Sok’s home, where another co-conspirator was observed placing a bag, later determined to contain thousands of methamphetamine pills, into the trunk of his vehicle. Sok, who was also present at the residence, was apprehended as he attempted to flee DEA Agents.
Court-authorized search warrants were executed on Sok’s home, a shed on his property, and his vehicle parked in front of his home, resulted in the seizure of a total of 12,110.7 grams of methamphetamine, including around 21,688 pills and 501.2 grams of a mixture of methamphetamine and fentanyl. Also located and seized were five pill presses, various items used in the production of drug-laced pills, and nearly 2,000 tablets containing a combination of MDMA and caffeine.
