WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Federal prosecutors in Delaware say a drug-trafficking investigation netted 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of heroin, 14,000 fake oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and the arrest of two men.
Authorities announced the seizure Thursday in unsealing complaints charging 56-year-old Julian Rivera-Villa and 40-year-old Ricardo Perez-Guillen with distribution of fentanyl. The two Mexican nationals, who could serve up to 20 years in prison if convicted, were living illegally in Gloucester City, New Jersey.
Perez-Guillen was arrested last week after selling a kilogram of heroin and 600 fake oxycodone pills in New Castle. Rivera-Villa was arrested outside a New Jersey mobile home where investigators found about seven kilograms of heroin; three kilograms of cocaine, 14,000 pills and more than $28,000 in cash.
Another two kilograms of heroin was found in a vehicle.
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