A Lebanon man was sentenced March 21 for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy that operated in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Northern California. 

Jacob Parlin, 44,  was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Massachusetts.

Parlin was convicted in November 2023 by a federal jury of one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine 

He was also convicted of one count of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. 

He and nine others were indicted in December 2021 for their roles in a drug trafficking organization led by co-defendant Harry Tam, also known as “Legendary H.” 

“The investigation identified Parlin as one of Tam’s trusted business partners with whom he worked together to distribute methamphetamine in Maine,” according to the release. “In their business arrangement, Tam would procure methamphetamine from California or elsewhere via mailed shipments to his business in Brookline. The methamphetamine would then be transferred to Parlin for distribution in his community in Maine.”

Parlin was arrested March 31, 2021, in New Hampshire as he drove home to Maine from the Boston-area after meeting with Tam.

Law enforcement found a plastic bag containing approximately 880 grams of 100% pure methamphetamine beneath the driver’s seat of Parlin’s car. More than three kilograms of methamphetamine, about a dozen firearms and about $95,000 in cash was seized over the course of the investigation.

Parlin is the ninth defendant to be convicted in the case. 

Tam pleaded guilty in July 2023 and is scheduled to be sentenced on April 4.