A Lee County woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in a fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking scheme.
Christi Aime, 31, was sentenced to prison for attempting to possess with the intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Aime entered a guilty plea on March 27.
According to court records, in May 2021, Aime convinced an acquaintance to receive a drug-laden package in the mail for her in exchange for cash.
The package, which was shipped from California to Cape Coral and addressed to a fake name, was confiscated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) before making it to Florida.
The package contained approximately three and a half kilograms of fentanyl, approximately one and a half kilograms of methamphetamine and approximately one kilogram of p-Fluorofentanyl.
DEA agents arranged a "controlled delivery" of the package after it was emptied of any real controlled substances.
After an undercover DEA agent delivered the package to the Cape Coral residence, Aime's acquaintance accepted the package and delivered it to a nearby gas station as she was told to do.
At the gas station, Aime paid her acquaintance and opened the package before DEA agents approached and detained her.
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