United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Drug Enforcement Administration New York Task Force Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher Roberts, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly, and USPIS Inspector in Charge Ketty Larco-Ward of the New York Division, announced that several co-conspirators were indicted on conspiracy and drug possession charges for engaging in an organized interstate drug trafficking operation that brought deadly fentanyl and other narcotics into Nassau County and the New York City area using the U.S. mail.  

Macayo Parrott, 51, of Glendale, Arizona, was arraigned on June 2, 2026, before Judge Tammy Robbins on grand jury indictment charges of Conspiracy in the Second Degree, Operating as a Major Trafficker, two counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree, two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree; Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree, and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree.

Parrott pleaded not guilty and was remanded. He is due back in court on July 13, 2026. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years to life in prison. 

Bruce Frazier, 51, of Hempstead, New York, was arraigned on March 4, 2026, before Judge Tammy Robbins on grand jury indictment charges of Conspiracy in the Second Degree, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree and Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree.

Frazier pleaded not guilty and bail was set at $1 million cash, $2 million bond, and $20 million partially secured bond. He is due back in court on June 15, 2026. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. 

Antwann Meyers, 45, of Queens, New York, was arraigned on March 4, 2026, before Judge Tammy Robbins on grand jury indictment charges of Conspiracy in the Second Degree, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree, Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree, and Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree.

Meyers pleaded not guilty and bail was set at $2 million cash, $4 million bond, and $40 million partially secured bond. He is due back in court on June 15, 2026. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years in prison. 

Robert Bowie, 50, of Phoenix, Arizona, was arraigned on May 1, 2026, before Judge Tammy Robbins on grand jury indictment charges of Conspiracy in the Second Degree and Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree.

Bowie pleaded not guilty and bail was set at $1 million cash, $2 million bond, and $10 million partially secured bond. He is due back in court on July 1, 2026. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. 

This multi-year narcotics trafficking investigation was conducted through a multiagency effort by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Task Force Division (DEA-NYTFD), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and NCDA. 

“The arrests of these defendants, who participated in the interstate drug trafficking network, using the postal system as their means to distribute dangerous drugs, including fentanyl, to addresses in Queens, Brooklyn, and Nassau County, have delivered their last package,” stated DEA New York Task Force Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher Roberts. “Every package mailed containing counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl is a potentially deadly shipment, carrying addiction and possibly death directly to someone’s doorstep. The DEA and our law enforcement partners remain committed to identifying, targeting, and dismantling those who exploit our mail system to profit from poisoning our communities. With every package intercepted, every trafficker arrested, and every network dismantled, the DEA remains steadfast in our mission for a Fentanyl Free America.”

“For several years these defendants allegedly worked together to move dozens of shipments of dangerous illegal narcotics, including fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine, to states across the country and right here in Nassau County,” said DA Donnelly. “This incredible bust dismantled a sophisticated drug trafficking network and seized nearly two thousand grams of fentanyl – enough to kill roughly a million people. Together with our partners in the DEA’s New York Task Force Division and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, we are rooting out traffickers, stopping illicit shipments in their tracks, and protecting residents of New York State and Nassau County.”

“The U.S. Postal Inspection Service has zero tolerance for illegal drug traffickers using the mail stream,” stated USPIS Inspector in Charge Ketty Larco-Ward of the New York Division.  “Removing dangerous narcotics like fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamines from the U.S. Mail is one of our highest priorities.  Postal Inspectors, along with our local and federal law enforcement partners, will continue to aggressively investigate and dismantle drug trafficking networks and their pipelines before they hit American communities.”

DA Donnelly said that, according to the indictment, beginning in June 2023, the DEA-NYTFD, USPIS and NCDA, received information from a separate law enforcement investigation that large amounts of narcotics, U.S. Postal Service parcels, and packing materials were found and believed to have been used to ship narcotics.

The recovered parcels showed addresses including 153rd Lane in Jamaica, Queens, a hotel connected to defendant Antwaun Meyers’ work as a security guard. A subsequent investigation into the delivery of those parcels identified a pattern of the packages being shipped with shipper and receiver names that did not match the shipping and receiving addresses. 

The parcels were electronically tracked to a mobile phone number used by Macayo Parrott. 

Additional packages were allegedly shipped by Parrott to a Frazier Street address in Hempstead, where defendant Bruce Frazier allegedly resides, and other delivery locations in Ridgewood and Brooklyn, connected to defendant Meyers through his work as a security guard.

For approximately 32 months, more than 40 packages were identified as allegedly shipped by Parrott. Four of those packages were intercepted and confirmed to contain narcotics. 

On January 10, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona, Parrott allegedly purchased a shipping label with the 153rd Lane address. That parcel was seized and found to contain approximately 2226 grams of methamphetamine. 

On June 1, 2024, Parrott allegedly purchased a shipping label with the Frazier Street address. The parcel was seized by law enforcement and contained approximately 201.1 grams of fentanyl pills. The pills were similar in physical appearance to the 2,000 pills found in the home of defendant Meyers when he was arrested on March 4, 2026.

On November 9, 2024, in Los Angeles, California, Parrott allegedly purchased a shipping label for an address in Florida. That parcel was seized by law enforcement and found to contain approximately 860.6 grams of fentanyl combined with cutting agents. 

Between May 21, 2025, and May 22, 2025, Parrott allegedly sent a parcel through the U.S. mail that contained approximately 1 kilogram of fentanyl. 

In June 2025, Parrott allegedly purchased various shipping labels with addresses in Hempstead and Brooklyn for packages that contained 1 kilogram each of fentanyl.

On various dates, according to intercepted phone calls, text messages and other investigative methods, Parrott allegedly engaged in conversations with Frazier, Meyers, and Bowie, discussing shipping parcels that contained narcotics to the defendants through the U.S. Postal Service, organizing the handoff of multiple narcotics to others, and purchasing fentanyl pills.

During the period of 2023 through 2025, over 100 parcels believed to contain narcotics were allegedly shipped by Parrott to 12 states, of which 81 were sent to locations in New York State and 21 sent to Nassau County. In total approximately more than 4,000 fentanyl pills, two compressed fentanyl bricks (1,850.3 grams), two kilograms of methamphetamine (2226 grams), and one kilogram of cocaine (969.3 grams) were seized by investigators.

Based on records obtained through the course of the investigation, investigators believe that the group allegedly used CashApp as well as credit union accounts to transfer funds within the conspiracy. Records identified multiple payments totaling nearly $6,000 between Frazier and Parrott.

The current street value of a kilogram of fentanyl in the New York metropolitan area is between $32,000-$40,000.

Parrott, Meyers, Frazier and Bowie were all arrested on March 4, 2026. Parrott and Bowie were arrested in Arizona.

Upon his arrest, more than 2,000 fentanyl pills were recovered at Meyers’ residence at 114-28 168th Street in Queens, New York.

Bags containing dozens of cellphones, packing materials, and other documents related to the investigation were recovered from Parrott’s residence in Arizona during his arrest. 

Three handguns were also recovered from Bowie’s residence in Arizona during his arrest.

NCDA thanks the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Task Force Division, including the New York City Police Department, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service for their partnership in this investigation and prosecution. 

The case is being prosecuted by Unit Chief Michael Greubel of the Narcotics, Firearms and Gangs Bureau under the supervision of Bureau Chief Michelle Burke and under the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for the Investigations Division Nicholas Mauro. Parrott is represented by Thomas Mirigliano, Esq. Frazier is represented by George Michel, Esq. Meyers is represented by Chauncey Henry, Esq. Bowie is represented by Jeffrey Groder, Esq. 

The charges are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless found guilty.