Eight people in Alaska, Texas, Arizona and California were indicted on several counts of Conspiring to Distribute drugs and money laundering last week according to the Department of Justice.

The first of three indictments was unsealed and in it were charges against Omar Alejandro Alfaro and Jose Ramon Canales, of Texas. The indictment charges that those two Texas men conspired to distribute over 26 pounds of heroin and two pounds of Meth. Those drugs were destined for Alaska. This indictment also charges that a third individual in California was conspiring to send proceeds from those drugs from the U.S. to Mexico.

According to the indictment, the first drug transaction occurred prior to July of 2013. During that time, the sale of 13 pounds of heroin took place. After that date, over six more pounds of heroin was mailed to Canales in Alaska. Investigators would find those six pounds of heroin, along with another 20 pounds of heroin in a storage unit in Anchorage.

“The conspirators also sold over six and a half pounds of heroin and two pounds of methamphetamine to an Alaska undercover agent,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie C. Courter told the  grand jury.

During arrest operations in Texas in late October, four and a half pounds of heroin and two pounds of methamphetamine were seized from the conspirators.

In the second indictment, four California and Arizona individuals were charged conspiring to distribute Cocaine and Meth in Alaska. Tomas Gutierrez Ayala, Geronimo Arellano Velarde, Cristian Giovanni Lugo, and Jasmin Sanchez were responsible for the distribution or attempted distribution of 11 pounds of Cocaine and 34 pounds of Meth from July until October 2013.

In the last indictment unsealed, charges were leveled against Anchorage resident, 51-year-old Timothy George Alex for conspiracy to distribute Cocaine, Heroin, and Meth. He was also indicted on one count of attempting to possessCocain in February of this year. $70,000 in currency from the distribution activities is being seized as part of that indictment.

The prison terms for the indictments range from five years to as many as forty.

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