Michele Beckwith Acting U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California
Miguel Obed Romero Reyes, a 26-year-old from Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced to three years and five months in prison for trafficking fentanyl. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Kirk Sherriff, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Kimberly A. Sanchez.
Court documents state that Romero Reyes was stopped by law enforcement while driving north on Interstate 5 in Fresno County. During the stop, deputies searched his vehicle and found a large duffel bag containing 48 pounds of blue counterfeit M-30 pills stored in 20 separate one-gallon Ziploc bags. Authorities determined that Romero Reyes was transporting over 200,000 fentanyl pills in total.
Investigators learned that Romero Reyes had picked up the pills in Arizona and intended to deliver them to Washington state for distribution.
"This case was the product of an investigation by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations," said Acting U.S. Attorney Kimberly A. Sanchez.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Cody S. Chapple prosecuted the case.
