Wilmington man becomes first conviction for new task force

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A Wilmington man is going to prison for 12 years for heroin and fentanyl distribution.

In January, Troy Ahkeem Wilson, 38, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin and possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.

Wilson is the first conviction for the recently-formed FBI Coastal Carolinas Criminal Enterprise Task Force.

His charges stem from two incidents in February and April of 2016.

In February, officers from the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office stopped a vehicle Wilson was driving. Wilson and a passenger consented to a search. Officers saw an off-white powdery substance on Wilson’s hands and coat and seized an open plastic bag containing .81 grams of heroin on the ground where Wilson had been sitting.

Wilson and the passenger were arrested.

When they were searched at the jail, a small plastic package containing 16.73 grams of heroin was located in the passenger’s bra.

She told officers that she and Wilson drove to New York where Wilson met a man to buy heroin. When officers later searched the police car used to take Wilson to jail they found another small plastic package containing 13.18 grams of heroin.

Two months later, officers from Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office pulled over a vehicle Wilson was driving. Upon approach, the officer smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle.

Officers searched the car and seized three small bags of marijuana, five bags of heroin banded together, and a large bag containing several bags of fentanyl, and other drug paraphernalia.

Officers seized a total of 95.70 grams of fentanyl and 3.48 grams of fentanyl and heroin mixture. Wilson was arrested.

In August, Wilson was included in a day long sweeping operation aimed at combating the rise in heroin distribution along our coast.

Based on the investigation, Wilson is accountable for 99.18 grams of fentanyl, 30.94 grams of heroin, 14 grams of marijuana, and 0.4 gram of crack cocaine.

Once Wilson is out of prison, he will have 5 years of supervised release.

The FBI’s Coastal Carolinas Criminal Enterprise Task Force investigated the case. The task force is made up of the FBI’s Wilmington agency, the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, and the NC State Bureau of Investigation.