Texarkana, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States
Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Edward Barzar,
age 41, of Presoctt, Arkansas, was sentenced last week to 108 months in federal
prison followed by four years of supervised release for one count of
Distribution of More Than 5 Grams of Actual Methamphetamine. The Honorable
Chief Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States
District Court in Texarkana.
According to court records, during the course of an
investigation into methamphetamine trafficking in the Western District of Arkansas,
the 8th North Drug Task Force identified Barzar as a distributor of
methamphetamine. In June of 2018, investigators arranged and conducted a
controlled purchase of methamphetamine from Barzar. The methamphetamine
purchases was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory where it was
confirmed to contain 26.34 grams of actual methamphetamine.
Edward Barzar was indicted by a federal grand jury in
October 2018, and entered a guilty plea in December 2018.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI), and the 8th North Drug Task Force. Assistant United States
Attorney Denis Dean prosecuted the case for the United States.
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