22-04-2025
Man in Raleigh gets 23 years for drug trafficking
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) — On Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2025, a Wake County man was sentenced to more than 23 years in prison on drug charges.
Myquan Taquil Houston, aka 'Dirty,' pled guilty on January 13, 2025, to the offenses of conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a substance containing fentanyl, and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a substance containing fentanyl and 500 grams or more of cocaine.
Court documents say that Houston and another person sold fentanyl to a confidential informant five times in Raleigh. Houston's house in Knightdale, North Carolina was searched by officials on July 26, 2025. They found 502.29 grams of cocaine, 41.54 grams of cocaine base (crack), 134.46 grams of fentanyl and ANPP, 26.6 grams of Oxycodone, digital scales, a loaded .45 caliber handgun, two cellphones, and $7,970 in U.S. currency. After investigation, Houston sold around $1,400 of fentanyl every other week for at least a year prior to his arrest, which made him responsible for 1,590.46 grams of fentanyl and 635.1 grams of cocaine.
Houston had prior convictions for felony breaking and entering and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine and a quantity of cocaine base (crack), distribution of a quantity of cocaine, and aiding and abetting. He was also on federal supervised release in the Eastern District of North Carolina at the time of these offenses.
Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Daniel P. Bubar made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Raleigh Police Department investigated the case and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Aria Q. Merle prosecuted the case.
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