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Man sentenced to 12 years in prison for disturbing crystal meth in Goldsboro
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WNCT) — According to the North Carolina Department of Justice, Jesus Anibal Gutierrez had been sentenced to twelve and a half years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing crystal methamphetamine in Goldsboro.
According to the court documents and other information presented in court, the investigation began in July 2023, when law enforcement learned that a Mexico-based drug trafficker had arranged to send significant quantities of narcotics to the Eastern District of North Carolina.\
With the assistance of a confidential informant, law enforcement located the courier's car and conducted a traffic stop. A K-9 alerted to the presence of narcotics inside the car, and law enforcement seized approximately 20.74 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, as well as three cellular telephones.
Gutierrez was a passenger in the car and admitted to law enforcement that he coordinated the shipment of narcotics and was traveling to the Goldsboro area to deliver them. The driver, Rosendo Salazar, pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine on March 10, 2025.
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