Michele Beckwith Acting U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California
Isaias Aroldo Contreras, a 26-year-old resident of Sacramento, has been sentenced to five years in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. The sentencing was handed down by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith.
Court documents reveal that on January 5, 2023, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Contreras's residence. They seized 992 fentanyl-laced pills resembling oxycodone "M-30" pills, a loaded Glock 9 mm pistol, $31,154 in cash, a money counter, and various pieces of custom diamond jewelry including a Rolex watch adorned with full-cut diamonds. Messages found on Contreras’s cellphone indicated communication from March 2020 through December 2022 with drug suppliers and customers about the purchase and sale of counterfeit M-30 pills and cocaine in kilogram quantities.
Contreras has also been ordered to forfeit $31,154 in cash along with the seized jewelry valued at over $50,000 to the government.
The investigation leading to this case was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), with support from Homeland Security Investigations and the Sacramento Area Intelligence/Narcotics Task Force (SAINT). Assistant U.S. Attorney David W. Spencer prosecuted the case.
This case is part of an effort under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) program which aims to identify and dismantle high-level criminal organizations posing threats to the United States through a coordinated multi-agency approach. More information about OCDETF can be found at Justice.gov/OCDETF.
