Corpus Christi, Texas – A 51-year-old Alamo resident was convicted of possession with intent to distribute $4 million price of cocaine, introduced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Particular Agent in Cost Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and l US Lawyer Alamdar S. Hamdani. .
Olga Lydia Segundo pleaded responsible on April 15.
U.S. District Decide Nelva Gonzalez Ramos now ordered Segundo to serve 120 months in federal jail to be instantly adopted by 5 years of supervised launch.
On January 13, Segundo arrived on the Falfurrias Border Patrol (BP) checkpoint driving a white 2010 Chevrolet Silverado. Regulation enforcement proceeded to ask questions on his journey and Segundo gave solutions that didn't make sense. Segundo said that she went to Austin at one level, then to Houston for a job interview, however couldn’t bear in mind the title of the corporate or the place the job interview occurred.
Throughout this time, there have been freezing temperatures in South Texas, and authorities observed that Segundo had no chilly climate clothes or clothes for a job interview.
Segundo gave legislation enforcement consent to go looking the car. An X-ray scan confirmed abnormalities in all 4 of the car's tires. Authorities found they have been lined with welded metallic casings that served as aftermarket compartments.
After drilling into the casings, legislation enforcement discovered 24 cellophane-wrapped bundles of cocaine weighing 48 kilograms with an estimated avenue worth of greater than $4 million.
Segundo will stay in custody pending switch to a US Bureau of Prisons facility to be decided within the close to future.
The Drug Enforcement Administration and BP performed the investigation. Assistant US Lawyer Joseph Griffith prosecuted the case.
