DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Des Moines man was sentenced today to 17 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance containing fentanyl. According to public court documents and evidence presented at trial, in the fall of 2023, Sharmarke Omar Mohamed, 37, was identified as a source of supply of counterfeit fentanyl pills in the Des Moines metro. Police   more