Massachusetts Man Indicted for Conspiring to Distribute 20 Kilograms of Cocaine

BOSTON - A Lexington, Mass. man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to traffic, and trafficking, 20 kilograms of cocaine from New York for distribution in Massachusetts.

Jianyang Huang, 39, a legal permanent resident from China, was indicted on one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine. In March 2026, Huang was charged by criminal complaint. He will be arraigned on the indictment at a later date.

Huang allegedly offered to pay a coopering witness to pick up a 20-kilogram cocaine shipment in New York and drive it to Massachusetts so that Huang could distribute it to his drug customers.

According to court filings, Huang connected the cooperating witness with the New York cocaine suppliers by giving the cooperating witness a password to access a group chat with the suppliers on Signal, an encrypted messaging application. Huang also allegedly had the cooperating witness photograph the serial number of a dollar bill. It is alleged that Huang sent the photograph to the New York suppliers and told the cooperating witness to keep the dollar bill and show it to the suppliers when the cooperating witness arrived in New York for the cocaine deal.

On March 25, 2026, the cooperating witness drove to Flushing, New York, and allegedly met with the cocaine suppliers. The cooperating witness showed the dollar bill and was provided with two suitcases containing 20 kilograms of cocaine. It is further alleged that the cooperating witness then met with law enforcement who confirmed that each suitcase contained 10 bricks of cocaine wrapped in plastic.

The cooperating witness allegedly drove back to Massachusetts to deliver the cocaine to Huang. It is alleged that Huang directed the cooperating witness to meet him in a hotel room in Burlington, Mass.. According to court documents, Huang and the cooperator met in the hotel parking lot and each started wheeling one of the suitcases back to Huang's room. Huang was arrested in the hotel parking lot with the suitcase in hand.

The charges of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, each provide for a sentence of at least 10 years and up to life in prison, at least five years of supervised release up to life, and a fine of up to $10 million. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.

United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was provided by the Massachusetts State Police and the New York City Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kaitlin J. Brown and Fred M. Wyshak, III of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit are prosecuting the case.

This case is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Boston comprises agents and officers from HSI, FBI, DEA, ATF, USMS, IRS-CI, USPIS, DOL-OIG and DSS, as well as several state and local law enforcement agencies, with the prosecution being led by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts.

The details contained in the charging document are allegations. The defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in the court of law.