A Chinese national illegally living in California has been charged with allegedly taking part in an international trafficking conspiracy involving the shipment of methamphetamine from Mexico to the United States and then to other countries, including New Zealand.
He Zukai, 42, who illegally entered the United States in 2017, was arrested at his California home on Sept. 8 after law enforcement executed a search warrant at the residence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska announced in a statement on Sept. 30.
He is being charged with “one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine,” according to the statement. Prosecutors said he now faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted….