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California Kingpin Arrested in Oklahoma Meth Bust
An alleged California kingpin is behind bars after being charged with directing a continuing criminal enterprise and organizing at least three separate methamphetamine conspiracies in Oklahoma and Missouri, according to authorities.
Luis Alfredo Jacobo, 30, of Bakersfield, California, was arrested by federal agents on Monday and charged with leading a continuing criminal enterprise that brought an estimated 2,000 pounds of methamphetamine into the Northern District of Oklahoma and southwestern Missouri for redistribution, said Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
“Methamphetamine continues to be one of the top drug threats in Oklahoma,” said Eduardo Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Dallas Field Division, which oversees operations in Oklahoma. “Simply put, methamphetamine destroys families across the state and within Oklahoma’s Indian Country. Our communities have felt the horrible effects of drug abuse and addiction. DEA Oklahoma is committed to making our communities safer and holding those accountable who push these deadly substances across our great nation.”
Jacobo allegedly set prices, determined methods of delivery and payment, and approved any suggestions made about the groups’ operations. Coconspirators would drive large amounts of cash back to California or would mail cash payments back to Jacobo and to others at Jacobo’s direction. The coconspirators sometimes mailed as much as $100,000 cash at a time from Oklahoma to California as part of the enterprise.
A total of 10 defendants were charged in this second superseding indictment with one or more of the following crimes: Continuing Criminal Enterprise (Count 1); Drug Conspiracy (Counts 2-5); Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises (Counts 6,7); Interstate Travel to Aid Racketeering (Counts 8,13); Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute (Count 9); Possession of Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime (Count 10); Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute (Count 11); and Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute (Count 12).
Defendants charged in the indictment are: Luis Alfredo Jacobo, a/k/a “Lokz,” 30, of Bakersfield, California; Antonio Cervantes Garcia, a/k/a “Tony Garcia,” 33; Kelly Wayne Bryan and Curtis Anthony Jones in Missouri, who were charged as part of one of Jacobo’s alleged drug conspiracies; and Jesus Valdez Martinez and Antonio Cervantes Garcia as Jacobo’s coconspirators.
The superseding indictment was unsealed today, by order of the U.S. District Court. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Duncombe will seek to hold Jacobo and his coconspirators accountable in federal court.
Key Facts
- State: Oklahoma
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime|White Collar Crime|Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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