ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Fredericksburg man will spend the next decade in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that funneled thousands of fentanyl-laced pills into Virginia.
Khalil Elijah Williams, 25, was sentenced after investigators uncovered his involvement in distributing counterfeit oxycodone pills stamped with “M30” but containing fentanyl. According to court documents, Williams obtained these pills from suppliers in Arizona and other states, then redistributed them to co-conspirators, including 30-year-old Alhagi Gassim Conteh of Alexandria.
Federal authorities intercepted multiple shipments linked to Williams, including one in August 2024 that contained around 10,000 counterfeit pills. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) in Phoenix seized a parcel intended for a Woodbridge address, later finding nearly a kilogram of fentanyl pills inside. Another shipment that same month also contained over a kilogram of fentanyl-laced pills bound for Williams.
Undercover law enforcement operations tracked Williams between March and August 2024, with controlled purchases confirming his drug sales. On July 1, 2024, Williams sold 2,500 fentanyl pills in Fredericksburg.
Conteh was arrested in April 2024 and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. He received a 10-year prison sentence in October. Williams was arrested in August 2024, when authorities also recovered two handguns and ammunition from his residence.