Nine people are facing federal drug trafficking charges after conspiring to transport methamphetamine and cocaine from Arizona and California some 2,000 miles to Florida, authorities announced.
The DOJ said in a news release that the alleged drug trafficking ring brokered deals with counterparts in Mexico to bring drugs to the U.S., and then used commercial trucks to transport those drugs from Los Angeles and Phoenix to Central Florida.
The nine defendants range in age between 20 and 55, according to the news release. Depending on the charge, if convicted, penalties include minimum of five years in prison up to life.
Sandoval and Hernandez are suspected of brokering deals with people in Mexico and then arranging the selling of drugs from L.A. and Phoenix to Florida, according to the release. Sandoval was arrested on April 25 in Phoenix, where drugs, guns, suppressors, and more than $5,000 in cash were found in his home, the DOJ said. He remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshals and is awaiting extradition to Florida. Hernandez was arrested in L.A. and is also pending extradition to Florida.
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