FRESNO, Calif. - A Fresno court handed down sentences for two Bakersfield drug trafficking cases Monday, sending two men to prison for at least four years, according to the US Department of Justice.
Bakersfield resident Martin Barragan, 39, was sentenced to four years in prison for using an interstate facility to aid racketeering. Court documents state that Barragan conspired with others to cultivate and distribute more than 900 marijuana plants between June 1 and Nov. 30 of 2012.
Marco Antonio Granados, of Fontana, was sentenced to four years and one month in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine . Court documents state that Granados and his cousin met with a confidential informant in a parking lot on Weedpatch Highway Oct. 16 to negotiate the sale of 30 pounds of methamphetamine.
The justice department says Granados was arrested after he and his cousin showed the informant a cardboard box filled with methamphetamine in the cargo area of their vehicle. The vehicle was found to have 31 individually wrapped and "food saver" sealed packages of methamphetamine.
Bakersfield resident Martin Barragan, 39, was sentenced to four years in prison for using an interstate facility to aid racketeering. Court documents state that Barragan conspired with others to cultivate and distribute more than 900 marijuana plants between June 1 and Nov. 30 of 2012.
Marco Antonio Granados, of Fontana, was sentenced to four years and one month in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine . Court documents state that Granados and his cousin met with a confidential informant in a parking lot on Weedpatch Highway Oct. 16 to negotiate the sale of 30 pounds of methamphetamine.
The justice department says Granados was arrested after he and his cousin showed the informant a cardboard box filled with methamphetamine in the cargo area of their vehicle. The vehicle was found to have 31 individually wrapped and "food saver" sealed packages of methamphetamine.