TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Prosecutors say a drug courier has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for transporting heroin pills across southern Arizona.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (burn-o-vich) announced 41-year-old Sergio Ramon Chavez’s sentence Friday.
Chavez, who authorities say had told police that a cartel was paying him $1,500 to pick up and deliver drugs, was convicted last month by a Pima County Superior Court jury on three felony counts. They included transportation of heroin for sale, illegally conducting an enterprise and conspiracy to transport heroin for sale.
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Chavez’s sentencing comes more than a year after his February 2017 arrest. Authorities say that during a law enforcement pursuit he left a bag in a vehicle that contained 5,368 heroin pills worth an estimated $53,000. He later was found hiding near an apartment complex and was arrested.
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