Columbia man sentenced to 15 years in prison for distribution of meth, fentanyl

Image: Department of Justice (D.O.J.)

Image: Department of Justice (D.O.J.)

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– A Columbia man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for six counts of drug distributions of methamphetamine or fentanyl.

According to evidence obtained during an investigation, on six different occasions, 43-year-old Cedric Douglas Canzater sold over 550 grams of methamphetamine and 27 grams of fentanyl to a confidential source.

Additionally, following an execution of a search warrant at one of the homes associated with his narcotics trafficking, law enforcement say they found firearms and drug trafficking paraphernalia.

Canzater has previous federal convictions for being a felon in possession of a firearm and distribution of cocaine.

He was sentenced to 180 months imprisonment which is to be followed by a 10-year term of court-ordered supervision.