A Worcester man was sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison after prosecutors claimed he delivered kilograms of methamphetamine via the US Postal Service and ran a pill-manufacturing operation from his home.
Tong Tran, 35, was sentenced to 138 months in prison on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Worcester, followed by five years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. In March, Tran pled guilty to possessing controlled drugs with the intent to distribute.
Federal prosecutors said the indictment arose from an inquiry into Tran’s shipment of a package from a Worcester post office on September 19, 2024.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office, a search of the shipment yielded roughly 2.4 kilograms of orange tablets containing methamphetamine. According to investigators, the pills were disguised inside the packaging for a children’s toy.
Prosecutors said a partial fingerprint retrieved from the package’s wrapping materials identified Tran. Investigators also obtained images of Tran sending two additional parcels containing methamphetamine pills.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, during a search of Tran’s home on April 14, 2025, officers discovered a pill press, binding agents, pill dyes, and other pill manufacturing equipment. Authorities also seized roughly 3.3 kilograms of methamphetamine and around $8,000 in cash.
Tran was first charged in April 2025. The US Attorney’s Office prosecuted the case in federal court.
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