Man sentenced for hidden drug stash found during Fresno County traffic stop

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The antheral who was recovered driving up Interstate 5 successful Fresno County with implicit 100 pounds of drugs hidden successful the extortion and ceiling of his conveyance was sentenced Monday, the United States Department of Justice said.

The DOJ says 42-year-old Jose Miguel Perez, of Corona, was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months successful situation for possessing much than 5 kilograms of cocaine and much than 1 kilogram of heroin with intent to distribute.

Court documents study that Perez was driving connected Interstate 5 successful Fresno County erstwhile helium was pulled implicit by instrumentality enforcement. At the time, instrumentality enforcement seized 56 kilograms of assorted narcotics successful the car's 2 hidden compartments: 7 kilograms of cocaine that were hidden successful the ceiling of the car, and 37 kilograms of cocaine, 10 kilograms of heroin and 2 kilograms of ketamine were seized from a hidden compartment successful the car's roof.

This lawsuit was the merchandise of an probe by the Fresno County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration.