CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who was arrested with ten pounds of methamphetamine in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced December 21, 2020, to more than twelve years in federal prison.
Malik Sekou Sahid Buchanan, age 40, from Burlington, Iowa, received the prison term after a July 6, 2020 guilty plea to possessing meth with intent to distribute.
Buchanan was arrested delivering ten pounds of methamphetamine to the Cedar Rapids area. Buchanan had previously provided an individual with five pounds of methamphetamine. Buchanan was charging $5,000 per pound of meth. During the arrest, officers recovered methamphetamine from Buchanan’s car weighing approximately ten pounds. The meth was 100% pure.
Buchanan was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Buchanan was sentenced to 150 months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Buchanan is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
