Crime & Safety
Man Indicted After Drug Shipment Linked To Overdose Death
The man reportedly transported substances in sealed snack bags.
BOSTON, MA — A man was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly selling synthetic opioids online and mailing them across the country, including a shipment prosecutors say resulted in the overdose death of a Las Vegas woman, the United States Attorney's Office District of Massachusetts announced.
Jaden Zion Andre, 23, of Rockland, was indicted on one count of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance analogue resulting in death, three counts involving a controlled substance analogue, and four counts involving a controlled substance. He is scheduled to appear in federal court in Boston on Aug. 25 and is currently in state custody on unrelated charges.
According to prosecutors, Andre sold drugs through a Telegram channel called "MontanaSnacksLLC," a Proton Mail account called "SnackSeason," and Reddit pages, where customers could request samples, place orders, and arrange payment and shipping. Authorities said the drugs were concealed in snack packaging, including bags of cheese balls, chips, popcorn, rice crisps, and Pirate's Booty, and mailed from post offices throughout Massachusetts.
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In April 2025, a Las Vegas woman who had requested a narcotics sample received a package allegedly sent through MontanaSnacksLLC and was found dead later that day. A substance recovered from her bedroom tested positive for N-pyrrolidino ethylene isotonitazene, an analogue of a Schedule I controlled substance.
Investigators later linked packages associated with the operation to overdose death investigations in Florida, Pennsylvania and Georgia, which remain ongoing. Four packages mailed in May were also found to contain controlled substances hidden inside sealed bags of Pirate's Booty. A subsequent search recovered shipping labels, customer and tracking information, cryptocurrency-related records and photographs of suspected synthetic opioids bearing the "SnackSeason" name, authorities said.
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The charge involving distribution resulting in death carries a minimum sentence of 20 years and a maximum of life in prison. The remaining charges each carry a sentence of up to 20 years.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, with assistance from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies from several states.
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