Arvin pleads guilty to trafficking in fentanyl and meth | News
An Arvin man pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl in federal court, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.
Omar Alberto Navarro, 40, conspired with others to purchase methamphetamine and fentanyl in Mexico and then deliver them to the Eastern District of California, where the drugs were stored, sold and distributed between Sept. 1, 2020, and March 26, 2021, according to court documents. .
In November 2020, Navarro, while in Mexico, coordinated the loading of a vehicle with approximately 132 pounds of pure methamphetamine, which he obtained from a Mexican supplier. On another occasion in December 2020, Navarro arranged for a vehicle to be loaded with 41 pounds of methamphetamine in the gas tank and driven across the border. In both cases, law enforcement stopped the vehicles and seized methamphetamine, according to the release.
Navarro faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $10 million fine when he is sentenced on Feb. 6.
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