A MAN WHO ran a drug operation in the United States while serving time in a Canadian prison has been arrested in Panama and is awaiting extradition. 

An international investigation has led to the arrest of Colombian Daniel Vivas Ceron, 34 on July 17, charged with multiple drug offences surrounding the smuggling and distribution of fentanyl in the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday afternoon, July 28.
The investigation, dubbed “Operation Denial” was sparked by the overdose death of 18-year-old Bailey Henke of Grand Forks, North Dakota.
The indictment, released Tuesday by the US Justice Department, accused Vivas Ceron of masterminding the drug smuggling and distribution ring while locked inside The Drummond institution, a medium security prison in Quebec.
Vivas Ceron while in prison would email people using aliases and various emails including Canada.pharma.labs@gmail.com says the Justice Department.
According to the extradition request, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and Homeland Security both communicated with Vivas Ceron via email in order to buy drugs.
An undercover DEA agent began communicating with Vivas Ceron via email in August 2014 and over the course of the next several months, sent thousands of dollars via Western Union for four shipments of fentanyl. At least three of the shipments were sent from Canada. The analysis of the final shipment is still pending.
Similarly, an undercover Homeland Security investigator, contacted Vivas Ceron via email and sent nearly $20,000 via bank wire and Bitcoin to get fentanyl.
Vivas Ceron, along with nine other people, have all been charged with various charges relating to the sale of fentanyl imported from Canada and China.
The group would allegedly pay for the drugs using money wires, bank deposits and virtual currency in order to “conceal and disguise the nature” of the transaction.
The indictment said some of the fentanyl which led to Henke’s fatal overdose in January was smuggled into the United States from Canada.
The drugs also seriously injured several other people who were identified by initials in the indictment released Tuesday.