Javier Castro Banegas-Medina, the head of a major fentanyl drug trafficking organization in the East Bay, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds announced the sentencing on Monday ending an investigation that began in 2021 and included what was at the time the largest seizure of fentanyl in the Bay Area.
The drug trafficking organization distributed fentanyl from two residences, one located in San Leandro and the other in Oakland, where Castro lived with Rosales-Montes and Cruz-Caceres. Investigators also seized hundreds of rounds of ammunition in multiple calibers, a total of $31,400 in drug trafficking proceeds, as well as other equipment associated with drug distribution including dyes, scales, and blenders.
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