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California Man Sentenced to 76 Months in Prison for Cocaine Trafficking
In a major blow to the East Coast cocaine trade, a California man has been sentenced to 76 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to traffic approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine from California to New Jersey.
Jesus Raul Iribe, 38, of Riverside, California, previously pleaded guilty to an information charging him with one count of conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine before U.S. District Court Judge Kevin McNulty.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, on February 8, 2013, law enforcement officers recorded and observed meetings between Iribe and other conspirators in which they allegedly planned to use a tractor-trailer to transport cocaine from California to New Jersey and other destinations along the East Coast.
Eventually, law enforcement followed the tractor trailer to Bronx, New York, where they recovered a produce box containing 12 kilograms of cocaine. Iribe admitted that he conspired with others to traffic the cocaine from California to New Jersey.
In addition to the prison term, Judge McNulty sentenced Iribe to five years of supervised release. Under terms of the plea agreement, he must also forfeit $446,310 in cash, three handguns, and an AR-1 assault rifle that were recovered when he was arrested in March 2015.
U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman credited special agents and task force officers of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Carl J. Kotowski in Newark, the DEA Los Angeles Field Office, and the Fontana, California Police Department for their work in the case.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan M. Peck of the U.S. Attorney’s Office General Crimes Unit.
Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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