This morning, drug trafficker Omar Cossio, arrested during the NETFORCE Operation “All in the Family,” was sentenced to 60 years in prison and ordered to pay one and a half million dollars in fines. He was sentenced as follows:
• Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine, 28 Grams or More but Less than 200 Grams – 15 years in prison, $50,000 fine
• Conspiracy to Traffic in Fentanyl, 28 Grams or More – 30 years in prison, $500,000 fine
• Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine, 400 Grams or More – 30 years in prison, $250,000 fine
• Trafficking in Cocaine While Armed, 200 Grams or More but Less than 400 Grams – 30 years in prison consecutive, $100,000 fine
• Trafficking in Fentanyl, 28 Grams or More – 30 years in prison, $500,000 fine
• Trafficking in Methamphetamine, 28 Grams or More but Less than 200 Grams – 30 years in prison, $100,000 fine
The defendant was convicted on September 11th, following a jury trial in Lee County.
Narcotics Chief Assistant State Attorney Kate Rumley and Assistant State Attorney Adam Sullivan prosecuted the case.
The defendant was located and arrested in October 2023, following an extensive NETFORCE undercover investigation that targeted drug trafficking families and their associates. This was a widespread drug trafficking network that was infiltrated by NETFORCE during this operation. The defendant was dealing trafficking amounts of Fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine.
The following agencies worked together to make this operation a success: Fort Myers Police Department, Cape Coral Police Department, Collier County Sheriff’s Office, Marco Island Police Department, Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Marshals Service, FDLE, DEA, Customs and Border Protection (Air and Marine Operations), Hendry County Sheriff’s Office, Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, Glades County Sheriff’s Office, Lee County Port Authority Police, and the Naples Police Department.
NETFORCE was formed by State Attorney Amira Fox to coordinate a circuit-wide approach to identify, investigate, and dismantle long-term organized crime, narcotics, racketeering, and money-laundering criminal enterprises.