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Trucker Javier Robledo Perez, 39, sentenced to 49 and 1/2 months in prison for transporting around 30 kilograms of cocaine across state lines.
A Texas truck driver's illegal side hustle has come to an abrupt end. Javier Robledo Perez, 39, was sentenced in Massachusetts for his role in a major cocaine trafficking operation.
This case was part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation, highlighting the ongoing efforts to combat large-scale drug trafficking in the trucking industry.
Source: CDL Life
Border officials in the U.S. and Canada seized more than $90 million in narcotics during August, uncovering cocaine and meth hidden in commercial truck shipments of produce, flowers, and metal.
Federal prosecutors revealed how cartel-linked drug trafficking networks used U.S. trucking to move narcotics and launder millions
Authorities intercepted 156 pounds of fentanyl and 44 pounds of meth in a tractor trailer, the largest fentanyl seizure in South Carolina history.
Federal agents seized 700 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a semi truck of cucumbers at a Georgia warehouse; two individuals face federal drug charges.
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